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Kiplinger
Business
Jim Patterson

America's Surprising Strengths in Manufacturing and Exports

Machinery.

To help you understand what is going on in the trade sector and how it impacts the economy, our highly experienced Kiplinger Letter team will keep you abreast of the latest developments and forecasts (Get a free issue of The Kiplinger Letter or subscribe). You'll get all the latest news first by subscribing, but we will publish many (but not all) of the forecasts a few days afterward online. Here’s the latest…

Tariffs and trade policy make many headlines these days. But less is written about the current state of U.S. trade — the size and nature of our trade deficit, what drives it, what things the U.S. imports (or exports) a lot of, what we do and don’t build.

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