«All these countries that are running huge trade surpluses with us, have no incentive to rock that boat. (fortune.com)
It is unclear exactly what the order would do or how harsh it would be, but it would be designed to begin to make good on Mr. Trump's promise during the campaign to redress China's huge trade surplus with the United States. (nytimes.com)
China ran huge trade surpluses even before then, when it was the Chinese central bank that exported capital as it accumulated one of history's largest hoards of central bank reserves in its efforts to keep down the value of the renminbi. (carnegieendowment.org)