Even before Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs on April 2nd, the median estimate among the 48 who were surveyed by the University of Chicago’s business school was that Mr Trump’s levies would raise inflation in 2025 by 0.

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed significantly in April as President Donald Trump sharply escalated tariffs before pausing a large swath of the levies, U.S. Commerce Department data on Thursday showed.

China and the U.S. have agreed to more tariff talks amid a trade standoff and concerns over rare earths, President Donald Trump said Thursday after a call with China's leader. Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on Thursday at a time when stalled tariff negotiations between their two countries have roiled global trade.

President Trump's sweeping tariff plan would cut deficits by $2.8 trillion over 10 years while shrinking the economy, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office handed Republicans a major political talking point Wednesday, with projections that showed the possibility for President Donald Trump’s tariffs to bring in more federal revenue than will be lost by his giant tax-cut plan.