trade deficit
noun
finance
: a situation in which a country buys more from other countries than it sells to other countries : the amount of money by which a country's imports are greater than its exports
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While Trump’s discourse paints the U.S. trade deficit with Mexico as strategic loss for the U.S. and win for Mexico, an in-depth analysis of current trade patterns provides evidence that U.S. companies are driving and benefiting from Mexico’s nearshoring boom.
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Mark Vickers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Similarly, Trump's memorandum on Thursday left the decision on new tariffs until after a series of reports due by April 1 on the U.S. goods trade deficit and practices of trading partners.
—Philip Blenkinsop, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
He's talked about a trade deficit the U.S. runs with Canada.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
Macron pushed back against this, arguing the trade deficit ignores Europe’s significant spending on digital services, which is often excluded from such calculations.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
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Mark Vickers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Similarly, Trump's memorandum on Thursday left the decision on new tariffs until after a series of reports due by April 1 on the U.S. goods trade deficit and practices of trading partners.
—Philip Blenkinsop, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
He's talked about a trade deficit the U.S. runs with Canada.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
Macron pushed back against this, arguing the trade deficit ignores Europe’s significant spending on digital services, which is often excluded from such calculations.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trade deficit
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“Trade deficit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20deficit. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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