trade gap
Britishnoun
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited China in February, and the widening trade gap was also a key focus.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Economists had expected the trade gap to narrow from December’s C$1.3 billion to about a C$1.1 billion deficit for the latest month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Tariff-related uncertainty was one of the many reasons for India's rising trade gap, falling rupee and a flight of foreign money from the country last year.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
The gold flows are not factored into GDP, however, so the benefits of a lower trade gap might not be as sizable as they seemed a month ago.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026
To finance the trade gap, Mexico City had become increasingly reliant on volatile portfolio investment.
From The 1995 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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