America's Exploding Trade Deficit
The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 8, 2019
Ana Swanson, who writes about trade and international economics for The New York Times, discusses America's record $891 billion trade deficit, along with the economic trends and Trump trade policies widening the gap.
FYI: "The trade deficit is the gap between what the U.S. exports and what it imports… the United States is now importing a lot more than it exports," says @AnaSwanson.
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"Economists talk a lot about how important the trade deficit is… it doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad thing. You can have a rising trade deficit when your economy is doing well… in general it tends to rise during economic growth," says @AnaSwanson.
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