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Economy & business fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about economy & business. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

7,104 published reviews in this topic

FactStreamEconomy & business

“We became a net exporter of natural gas in 2017, and until recently, our exports have exceeded our imports.”

Publisher’s rating: Half-True

Related reporting from TotalEnergies’ 2025 Energy Outlook says the United States became a net exporter of gas in 2017, directly supporting the claim’s first assertion. The excerpt places that change in the context of the country’s shale oil and gas and says the United States had achieved energy independence. It does not provide figures, define the measure of net exports, or explain how the 2017 date was established. The excerpt does not address the claim’s further qualification that exports exceeded imports “until recently.” It therefore cannot establish how long that pattern continued or when it may have changed. On the supplied evidence, that part of the claim remains unverified; the reporting also does not provide enough information to assess the claim as a whole.

PolitiFactEconomy & business

U.S. sanctions mean “Cuba can’t trade with any country or any company whatsoever.”

Publisher’s rating: False

Related reporting offers evidence against the claim’s absolute wording. It says Cuba imports most of its food and that much of it comes from China, Turkey and Arab countries, as well as from the neighboring United States, “despite the embargoes.” This indicates that U.S. sanctions do not mean Cuba is unable to trade with any country whatsoever. The excerpt does not establish the full scope of sanctions or document particular companies or transactions, so it supports a narrower conclusion: the claim’s blanket description of Cuba’s trade is contradicted by the reported imports.