trade deficit

trade deficit
trade deficit trade deficit deficit

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trade deficit UK US noun [C, usually singular] (also trade gap) ECONOMICS, COMMERCE, FINANCE
a situation in which the value of goods that a country imports is more than the value of goods it exports, or the size of this difference: trade deficit in sth »

America's trade deficit in goods and services increased.

have/run/post a trade deficit »

Brazil has run a $14 billion trade deficit with the US.

reduce/shrink/cut the trade deficit »

These export subsidies certainly don't reduce the trade deficit.

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an annual/monthly trade deficit

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a ballooning/huge/record trade deficit

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a goods/merchandise trade deficit

Compare TRADE SURPLUS(Cf. ↑trade surplus)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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