balance of trade
Example Sentences
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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
As a result, it maintained a negative balance of trade with most of the world; that is, it purchased more from other nations than they purchased from it.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
But Dar’s policies have a lot of critics, who say he ensured the rupee remained over-valued and hurt the balance of trade.
From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 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
