US Trade Deficit Widens to a Record on Pre-Tariff Drug Imports

A ship arrives at the Port of Los Angeles in April.

Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg
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The US trade deficit widened to a record in March as companies rushed to import products including pharmaceuticals as the Trump administration readied sweeping tariffs.