The US trade deficit was recorded in January when growth fears

The US trade deficit reached a record high in January, a sign that companies tried to secure were overseas before President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs came into force.

The total value of imports into the country rose by 10%, while exports rose only by 1.2%and leave a trading gap of $ 131 billion.

Trump has urged tariffs as a means of reducing America's trade deficit, which he repeatedly criticized as fundamentally unfair to the USA, and instead argued that the import tariffs would urge more Americans to buy more from domestic manufacturers, which would also benefit from the increased demand.

While the Trump government has positioned the tariffs as centrally for American economic strength, the markets are increasingly careful with their effects: analysts are taken care of that growth becomes slower and that even the USA could soon be in a recession – fears that the stock indices have reduced in the past few weeks.

“One thing is essential for an economy and that is trust that has scored a goal,” an investor told Reuters.