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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Chinese officials said the country does not seek a trade surplus and aims to boost imports, but imports lagged exports last year, partly due to lower prices for key commodities like oil and iron ore.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
More than a third of the trade surplus was with the U.S., according to the Financial Times.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2025
Its trade surplus with the US widened to $33.5 billion over the same period from $29.81 billion a month prior.
—Reuters, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
Vietnam has the third-largest trade surplus with the U.S., after China and Mexico, which could put the Southeast Asian country at risk of tariffs from a president obsessed with bilateral trade flows.
—Alena Botros, Fortune Asia, 6 Jan. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
More than a third of the trade surplus was with the U.S., according to the Financial Times.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2025
Its trade surplus with the US widened to $33.5 billion over the same period from $29.81 billion a month prior.
—Reuters, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
Vietnam has the third-largest trade surplus with the U.S., after China and Mexico, which could put the Southeast Asian country at risk of tariffs from a president obsessed with bilateral trade flows.
—Alena Botros, Fortune Asia, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Trade surplus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20surplus. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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