2022年11月11日 · The Congressional Research Service (CRS), a US government policy research organization, notes that “most economists conclude the trade deficit stems largely from U.S. macroeconomic policies and an imbalance between saving and investment in the economy”. It adds that “trade creates both economic benefits and costs, but that the long-run ...

2017年4月27日 · A combination of these price changes is about what it would take to shrink the current trade deficit by 2% of our GDP, bringing the US close to trade balance. But, because US exports and imports are 15% and 12% of GDP, respectively, a 10% decline in export prices would reduce average real (inflation-adjusted) income by 1.5%, while a 10% rise in ...

2018年10月16日 · A March poll, for example, showed that more than two-thirds think the U.S. should take steps to reduce the trade deficit with China, even if a resulting trade war drives up consumer prices. That’s in large part because of the notion expressed by some that the U.S. is “losing” if it has a trade deficit, one of the main justifications used ...

2023年3月27日 · It is largely made up of trade, but also depends on flows of foreign direct investment and the amount of money sent home by people living overseas. In US dollar terms, the country with the biggest current account surplus in 2021 was China, and the country with the biggest current account deficit was the United States.

2024年6月21日 · Imports in the same month rose 7.7% year on year to $61.91 billion - pushing the trade deficit to $23.78 billion. Economists had expected a deficit of $19.5 billion, according to a Reuters poll. While unveiling the figures, trade secretary Sunil Barthwal underlined that inflation has eased in developed economies, potentially resulting in ...

2019年5月28日 · US President Donald Trump has complained about China’s trade practices for some time – even before he took office at the start of 2017. He says the US trade deficit with China - around $420 billion last year, as the chart above shows - is damaging US manufacturing prowess and jobs.

2018年5月1日 · Third, a country’s trade surplus or deficit is shaped less by the content of its trade agreements – tariff levels, quotas, regulatory rules and so on – than by the balance between domestic saving and investment within its own economy. Take the European Union: the entire bloc has exactly the same trade policy.

2024年2月9日 · The country's trade deficit declined 18.7% last year, the largest narrowing since 2009, reaching $773.4 billion. Trade added more than half a percentage point to the economic growth last year, according to data from the Commerce Department.

2024年5月24日 · Data from the US Census Bureau shows goods worth $427 billion were imported from China to the US, while $148 billion of goods were exported from the US to the world's second-largest economy. This trade deficit, which has endured for several decades, has become an increasingly contentious issue in Washington, according to Reuters.

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