balance of trade

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In addition to paying tuition, they pay American businesses for food, shelter, transportation, and entertainment while they are here, supporting 400,000 American jobs and creating a double “win” for the balance of trade.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2025

India has already slashed tariffs on some US goods, with further cuts expected as the balance of trade is still stacked heavily in favour of Delhi, which enjoys a $45bn trade surplus.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025

The Bank of Russia has blamed the rouble's sharp slide this year - it has lost around 30% against the dollar - on Russia's shrinking balance of trade.

From Reuters • Aug. 14, 2023

Amassing national wealth, in turn, depended on maintaining a favorable balance of trade, a situation in which a country exports goods of greater value than it imports.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

It is the founding concept of modern social science: David Hume’s theory of the balance of trade and Adam Smith’s conception of the market depend on the concept of a feedback mechanism.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton