trade surplus

noun

finance

: a situation in which a country sells more to other countries than it buys from other countries : the amount of money by which a country's exports are greater than its imports

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Trump even required that all his briefing papers for a meeting or a call with a world leader start with whether the leader’s country had a merchandise trade surplus with the United States. —

Victor Cha, Foreign Affairs, 26 June 2024 The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported the country’s trade surplus came in at 5.64 billion Australian dollars ($3.87 billion) in August, higher than the AU$5.5 billion estimated in a Reuters poll but down from AU$6.01 billion in July. —

Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024 Germany has a substantial automotive trade surplus with the country. —

Robert Ferris, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2024 State of play: China's trade surplus has risen significantly since the pandemic, the authors found, but that is primarily because of weak domestic demand due to its plunging real estate market and prolonged lockdowns. —

Neil Irwin, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for trade surplus