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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For example, China has a trade surplus of $295 billion with the US.
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
To many economists, a trade surplus or deficit isn’t inherently good or bad.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2025
San Antonio — where the North America Free Trade agreement was signed in 1992 — has a trade surplus with Mexico, the destination for over half of its exports in 2024.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
The cost of that tax break has soared since then as China’s exports have surged, producing a trade surplus of almost $1 trillion last year even as the rest of the economy stagnated.
—Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
To many economists, a trade surplus or deficit isn’t inherently good or bad.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2025
San Antonio — where the North America Free Trade agreement was signed in 1992 — has a trade surplus with Mexico, the destination for over half of its exports in 2024.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
The cost of that tax break has soared since then as China’s exports have surged, producing a trade surplus of almost $1 trillion last year even as the rest of the economy stagnated.
—Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trade surplus
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“Trade surplus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20surplus. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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