Headline Roundup • December 7th, 2018
Trade Deficit Hits Decade-High
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The trade deficit hit a 10-year high in October with an increase in imports and a decline in exports amid President Trump's tariffs.
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Trade deficit reaches 10-year high despite Trump's tariffs and tough talk
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The U.S. trade deficit rose to a 10-year high in October, the Commerce Department said Thursday, despite a raft of tariffs that President Trump has instituted with the stated purpose of narrowing the
Record imports push US trade gap to $55.5 billion in October
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Record imports in October drove the U.S. trade deficit to the highest level in a decade. The Commerce Department said Thursday that the gap between the United States sells and what it buys
Remember when Trump said he’d fix the trade deficit? It just rose again.
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He promised he would negotiate, "fair trade, smart trade, I even like to say brilliant trade."
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