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Trump Prepares to Take On the US Trade Deficit, a Familiar Nemesis

Trump Prepares to Take On the US Trade Deficit, a Familiar Nemesis

To President Trump, one economic number represents everything that is wrong with the global economy: America’s trade deficit. That deficit is the total value of what the United States imports from other nations, minus its exports to other countries. The fact that America runs a trade deficit reflects how the nation’s appetite for foreign goods now far outpaces what U.S. …

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