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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Tariffs can discourage imports, which should help correct a trade deficit.
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Catherine Brock, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
But starting in the mid-1970s, the U.S. began to run a trade deficit.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Trump has repeatedly suggested the United States' large trade deficit with the rest of the world is a sign of weakness.
—Carlo Angerer, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
This massive trade deficit has not delivered on the promises of substantially lower consumer prices.
—Andrew Rechenberg, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
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Catherine Brock, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
But starting in the mid-1970s, the U.S. began to run a trade deficit.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Trump has repeatedly suggested the United States' large trade deficit with the rest of the world is a sign of weakness.
—Carlo Angerer, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
This massive trade deficit has not delivered on the promises of substantially lower consumer prices.
—Andrew Rechenberg, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 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 26 Mar. 2025.
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