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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Last year, the United States ran a $236 billion trade deficit with the EU, according to US Commerce Department data.
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Robert Ilich, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
Trump could even simply include iPhones under the trade deficit emergency that already formed the basis for tariffs declared earlier, Meyer said.
—Jody Godoy, USA Today, 24 May 2025
President Donald Trump's administration is also keen to increase energy exports to India to address a U.S. trade deficit of well over $45 billion in 2024.
—Danish Manzoor Bhat, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Lawmakers in general should not be primarily focused on the trade deficit.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Robert Ilich, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
Trump could even simply include iPhones under the trade deficit emergency that already formed the basis for tariffs declared earlier, Meyer said.
—Jody Godoy, USA Today, 24 May 2025
President Donald Trump's administration is also keen to increase energy exports to India to address a U.S. trade deficit of well over $45 billion in 2024.
—Danish Manzoor Bhat, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Lawmakers in general should not be primarily focused on the trade deficit.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 20 May 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 Jun. 2025.
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