It may be time for "Tariff Man" to go into hiding for a while after learning the US trade deficit increased from $552.3 billion in 2017 to $621 billion last year.
"The deficit with China increased $43.6 billion to $419.2 billion in 2018. Exports decreased $9.6 billion to $120.3 billion, and imports increased $34.0 billion to $539.5 billion," added the bureau's Wednesday report.
This new data comes shortly after Trump's February 25 announcement delaying the 10 to 25 percent increase in tariffs on billions of dollars in Chinese imports. Though the US-China 90-day truce agreed upon at the G-20 summit had expired, Trump's tweet insisted a summit between nations' two leaders is in the works.
Let's just hope Tariff Man doesn't come out of hiding to make an appearance!