Sentences with phrase «widening trade deficit with»

By imposing tariffs, President Trump is sticking to his campaign pledge to rebalance the nation's widening trade deficit with the rest of the world.

Concerns over negative economic impacts, such as a widening trade deficit with China, increased control of certain sectors by Chinese state - owned enterprises (SOEs), and intensified competition in the labour market for mid-skilled and less educated Canadian workers in particular; [1]

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The rationale for these measures is that they'll reduce American trade deficits — in particular, the widening deficit with China — and thus benefit the U.S. economy.

The overall United States trade deficit in goods and services with the world widened 12.1 percent to $ 566 billion last year, the largest gap since 2008.

It estimates that the existing $ 5.3 billion trade deficit with Europe will widen significantly as a result of the CETA, exceeding $ 7 billion within a decade.

The American trade deficit fell in March, yet the goods gap with China, $ 106 bln this year so far, keeps widening.

This amounts to a 7.7 percent widening of the U.S. trade deficit with China that has occurred on Trump's watch.

This, together with rapid growth in imports flowing from strong domestic demand, led to a substantial widening of the deficit on trade in goods and services (Graph 44).

With the US trade deficit widening, foreign central banks can be counted on to print more money and buy even more US debt this year.

The weekly jobless claims number was higher than expected in the US, with the trade deficit also widening more than expected, while the British construction PMI was also a negative surprise, but equity markets couldn't care less.