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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The rather perfunctory agreement with the U.K. — with which the U.S. has a trade surplus — hardly counts as a reordering of an economic relationship.
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Still, Japan’s trade surplus with the U.S. last year stood at ¥8.6 trillion ($59.4 billion), the fifth largest on record.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Additionally, as companies look to build compute infrastructure, ordering their turbines will lower the trade surplus.
—Kevin Stankiewicz,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 June 2025
During Trump's economic battle with Beijing in his first term, the manufacturing shift to Vietnam helped build the kind of massive trade surplus that has drawn the ire of the U.S. president.
—Arkansas Online, 21 June 2025
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Still, Japan’s trade surplus with the U.S. last year stood at ¥8.6 trillion ($59.4 billion), the fifth largest on record.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Additionally, as companies look to build compute infrastructure, ordering their turbines will lower the trade surplus.
—Kevin Stankiewicz,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 June 2025
During Trump's economic battle with Beijing in his first term, the manufacturing shift to Vietnam helped build the kind of massive trade surplus that has drawn the ire of the U.S. president.
—Arkansas Online, 21 June 2025
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“Trade surplus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20surplus. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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