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Fact-check: “Trump said tariffs cut the trade deficit with China”

Verdict: Partly True (72% confidence)

The U.S. goods trade deficit with China did fall sharply — from $297 billion in 2024 to about $203 billion in 2025, the lowest since 2004, per Census Bureau data, and USTR explicitly attributes this to tariffs. But the claim as stated leaves out two big qualifiers: first, much of the reduction reflects trade diversion (imports shifted to Vietnam, Taiwan, Mexico, and others rather than disappearing), and a Fed note found part of the apparent narrowing reflected tariff evasion rather than genuine…

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