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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But the chronic trade deficit, which the president that April afternoon declared a job-killing national emergency, has declined for 10 consecutive months.
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David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2026
Last year, America’s trade deficit with the rest of the world increased slightly.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 27 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, efforts to close the trade deficit—which Trump noted as the impetus for his tariff policy—had only modest results.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
The Democratic states and other critics say the president can’t use Section 122 as a replacement for the defunct tariffs to combat the trade deficit.
—ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
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David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2026
Last year, America’s trade deficit with the rest of the world increased slightly.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 27 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, efforts to close the trade deficit—which Trump noted as the impetus for his tariff policy—had only modest results.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
The Democratic states and other critics say the president can’t use Section 122 as a replacement for the defunct tariffs to combat the trade deficit.
—ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Trade deficit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20deficit. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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