trade deficit

Example Sentences

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“A trade deficit is distinct from, and does not on its own generate, a balance of payments deficit,” the suit claims.

From Barron's

The bloating trade deficit, that's hitting the EU as a whole, is being dubbed the latest "China shock".

From BBC

The U.S. has run trade deficits for most years since the mid-1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal

Surging chip imports from Taiwan to feed the AI boom also helped prop up the trade deficit.

From The Wall Street Journal

What a relic, which wasn’t intended to manage a trade deficit per se.

From The Wall Street Journal