A trade deficit sounds bad, but it is neither good nor bad. It doesn’t mean the U.S. is losing money. It simply means foreigners are sending the U.S. more goods than the U.S. is sending them.

In February, the overall U.S. trade deficit was $122.7 billion, down $8 billion from January when it was at a record high, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau.

A trade deficit sounds bad, but it is neither good nor bad. It doesn't mean the U.S. is losing money. It simply means foreigners are sending the U.S. more goods than the U.S. is sending them.

Although the total value of Chinese exports to the U.S. and the U.S. trade deficit with China are both well above what they were more than 15 years ago, none of the figures come close to $1 trillion.

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[By the way, a trade deficit is just the excess of spending by the US on foreign goods and services over the spending by foreigners (or a specific foreign country) on US goods and services.

President Trump said the trade deficit between the U.S. and China must be resolved before he is willing to negotiate a deal the regarding tariffs he placed on Beijing. “When you look at the ...

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A trade deficit means that imports are greater than exports from one country to another. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...