Trump Wants to Close Trade Gap, but Leaves Export Agency in Limbo

FILE — Fred Hochberg, center, president of the Export-Import Bank, chairs a meeting in Washington, Dec. 7, 2015. To some business groups and manufacturers, President Donald Trump is undermining his own trade aspirations by leaving the Export-Import Bank in the lurch. “I’m not sure he’s really being well served,” said Hochberg, who left in 2017. (Drew Angerer/The New York Times)