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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Trump says the nation’s persistent trade deficit and the flow of fentanyl into the United States qualifies as such an emergency.
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Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The primary source of friction is the US trade deficit with India, which has widened significantly over the last decade, even as bilateral trade has roughly doubled.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Trump declared the decades-long trade deficit itself to be a national emergency.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
That precisely equaled the overall trade deficit.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
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Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The primary source of friction is the US trade deficit with India, which has widened significantly over the last decade, even as bilateral trade has roughly doubled.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
Trump declared the decades-long trade deficit itself to be a national emergency.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
That precisely equaled the overall trade deficit.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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