The bank is hobbled in making big foreign deals. Critics call the loans 'corporate welfare.'

But why was this small agency that doesn't cost the government anything a target?

Kai talks to Penny Pritzker about the Export-Import bank and TPP.

The government agency that gives loans to American exporters is raking in interest payments.

Host Kai Ryssdal crunches the numbers with Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States might lose it's funding. But does it matter?

In last night's State of the Union address, President Obama proposed new trade talks with the EU. How are leaders in Europe reacting?

The transportation system for fuel in the U.S. is inadequate, though, so some oil always has to be imported to where it's needed.

The nation’s trade deficit plunged in December, likely giving the U.S. economy an unexpected boost to round out the year.