(FILES) A crane stands above the Ever Macro cargo container ship, owned by Evergreen Marine Corp., docked at the Evergreen shipping terminal at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California on September 13, 2025. The US trade deficit in July 2026 widened to its largest since March 2025, government data showed on September 3, 2026, as imports climbed on the back of the booming AI tech build-out. US trade has seen wide fluctuations since President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year and rolled out sweeping tariffs on allies and competitors, in efforts to narrow the trade gap. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)