trade deficit

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This widened Canada’s merchandise trade deficit to about C$6.5 billion in the first quarter from C$4.2 billion the quarter before.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

That yielded a trade deficit of $60.3 billion, versus $57.8 billion in February.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Last year, Africa's trade deficit with China rose by 65% to about $102bn.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Spain's own trade deficit with China, Sanchez added, accounts for 74 percent of the European country's total deficit.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

The cumulative trade deficit at the end of 1970 amounted to about 5.1 billion lei—the equivalent of about US$850 million.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.