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The Commerce Department said on Tuesday the trade gap increased 7.6 percent to $43.03 billion, ending four straight months in which the deficit had narrowed.Economists, who had expected a $40.00 billion trade gap in September, said the wider deficit could cut as much as a half a percentage point off that growth estimate.Exports in September fell 1.5 percent to $195.59 billion, the lowest level since April, a sign that weakening demand in key markets such as China and the euro zone was starting to weigh.A survey of U.S. manufacturers published on Monday showed a decline in a gauge of export order growth, suggesting exports will weaken further.Apart from slowing global demand, exports are seen crimped by a strong dollar, which so far this year has strengthened by about 4 percent against the currencies of the country's main trading partners.

This is an article on how Bangladesh looks to increase the number of factories, as a means of keeping up with exports, which will then help may back debts. International trade is key for Bangladesh, since they are not able to produce everything they need, so it is important that they are able to pay back sellers, so that the sellers continue selling for a cheap price.

This article talks about the Latin American trade blocs, and how leaders want the two main blocs to work together.

This article mentions that the US trade deficit was slowly shrinking. However, the US manufacturing deficit against China is still slowly growing.

The Australian terms of trade has dropped drastically, and measures need to be taken to counter it, as discussed in this article

This article is about the surprising reports of Canada's fall in 9 categories of exports while their imports rose. This situation has cause a trade deficit

This article covers how the South African Rand has fallen due to trade deficits.

China is Brazil's biggest trading partner, and is gaining independence from imports through growing economic power. The resulting fall in demand for Brazilian exports has hit the Brazilian economy hard, as import rates are now higher than export rates. This caused a trade deficit.

This article details how Japan's trade balance is in deficit for 28 consecutive months!

This is an article regarding the talks between the EU and the US regarding free-trade talks.

This article talks about the trade deals between China and India.

In this article, the trade minister of India, Anand Sharma, believes that the United States is placing very high protectionism upon their trade due to intellectual property rights.

The Norwegian trade balance rose from 21.6B to 31.6B. It had been expected to only rise to 22.2B. Factors for why this shift occurred may vary.

This article discusses the fact that Turkey's trade deficit decreased to $6.25 billion in October from $7.43 billion a year earlier, below a forecast of $6.7 billion. Data showed that exports rose 7.3 percent to $12.93 billion and imports fell 1.5 percent to $19.19 billion.

In this article, Taiwan is wanting to be part of some trade blocs that will allow for their country's exporters to experience less tariffs and open markets for their domestic markets. However, China is not allowing them to.

The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), the Soviet version of the EU, has just voted on including Armenia into the trade agreement, and will continue to include more ex-Soviet countries in the future.

South Korea's terms of trade rose for a fourth consecutive month in December as sliding oil prices pushed import prices down more steeply than export prices.

New Zealand's trade balance has increased less than predicted, instead of rising from -1350M to -645M, it merely bettered to -908M. This will probably cause a defecit in the current account, and increase the reserve asset spending.

South Korea's terms of trade have risen significantly last November, which is accounted to dwindling oil prices; giving South Korea as a macroeconomy significantly more purchasing power.

This article believes that the WTO's current policies in negotiating trade. The current rules are very harsh on protectionist measures, which has caused dissent among various governments and global organizations.