Below you will find example sentences with "trade deficit". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Trade Deficit in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: deficit
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 17
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28 words

Words in this phrase

trade deficit

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • trade can mean: The buying and selling of goods and services on a market. Common word
  • deficit can mean: Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

addressing the trade deficit issue raised 1× and a trade deficit is a 1× billion foreign trade deficit which was 1× country s trade deficit with major 1× deficit and trade deficit respectively 1× expected us trade deficit report didn 1× having a trade deficit is somehow 1× like that trade deficit with the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a trade surplus 1× a worse than 1× by cutting the 1× china s trade 1× coming up we 1× durrani underlined that 1×

Common sentence endings:

17 5 billion 1× a bad thing 1× agricultural trade deficit 1× all time high 1× almost 13 billion 1× balance of trade 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

billion 9× china 6× year 5× country 4× goods 3× current 3× war 3× surplus 2× net 2× balance 2× free 2× high 2×

Related phrases

trade unions trade deadline free trade fair trade fiscal deficit trade agreement trade agreements world trade trade deal budget deficit

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around deficit:

account deficit 9×

Just before it in the phrase index:

trade deal trade deadline trade agreements trade agreement tractor trailer tract infection

Just after it in the phrase index:

trade secret trade unions traded concepts trading platform trading symbol trading system

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

trade unions trade deadline trade agreement trade agreements trade deal trade secret

Same ending:

fiscal deficit budget deficit account deficit

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "trade deficit" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as addressing the trade deficit issue raised, and a trade deficit is a, billion, china and year stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with trade unions, trade deadline, free trade and account deficit, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with trade deficit

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

This trade deficit accounted for 26.8 percent of all U.S. goods trade deficit. (15 words)

By cutting the overall trade deficit, the big deficit country stimulates domestic growth and employment via import substitution. (18 words)

A trade surplus is positive net balance of trade, and a trade deficit is a negative net balance of trade. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Max Miller (R-OH), John Duarte (R-CA), and Angie Craig (D-MN) – led a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai urging the Biden administration to address the growing U.S. agricultural trade deficit. (44 words)

The genesis of trade war lies in the fact that for decades China has sold a far greater volume of goods to the US than it bought, leading to highest trade deficit of the US with China amounting $375 billion in 2017. (42 words)

He casts the gaping U.S. trade deficit — $628 billion last year — as indisputable proof that America is being ripped off by its trading partners and that the free-trade deals his predecessors negotiated are rigged against U.S. companies. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

A trade surplus is positive net balance of trade, and a trade deficit is a negative net balance of trade.

A worse-than-expected US trade deficit report didn’t help the free trade camp as the deficit moved to a nine-year high, further stoking the protectionist fires.

He noted that Turkey imported $38 billion worth petrochemical products last year with the petrochemicals sector posting a $13 billion foreign trade deficit, which was 17 percent of the country’s total trade deficit.

This trade deficit accounted for 26.8 percent of all U.S. goods trade deficit.

She said the country had the “largest trade deficit of $49 billion and current account deficit of $17.5 billion”.

Durrani underlined that the government had averted the imminent threat of default through its comprehensive economic policies, which had seen a 30pc and 14pc reduction in the current account deficit and trade deficit, respectively.

The shrinking trade deficit came with a year-over-year increase in the goods and services deficit of 4.1 billion dollars, or 2 per cent, from the same period in 2018.

By cutting the overall trade deficit, the big deficit country stimulates domestic growth and employment via import substitution.

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When we talk about shipping we’re talking about trade and I know one of the goals of the current government is reducing the trade deficit.

Max Miller (R-OH), John Duarte (R-CA), and Angie Craig (D-MN) – led a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai urging the Biden administration to address the growing U.S. agricultural trade deficit.

One of the reasons former President Donald Trump started a trade war with China was to reduce the U.S. trade deficit with the world.

One of the main reasons why banning trade has been the first reaction is the notion that having a trade deficit is somehow a “bad” thing.

The total trade deficit in the US, which Trump sought to slash in part by altering trade relations with China, is nearing an all-time high.

China’s trade surplus with Africa is about $35 billion, whereas U.S. trade deficit with Africa is almost $13 billion.

Coming up, we will dive into the numbers behind the U.S. trade deficit, the trade war with China, and the implications for the U.S. economy.

He casts the gaping U.S. trade deficit — $628 billion last year — as indisputable proof that America is being ripped off by its trading partners and that the free-trade deals his predecessors negotiated are rigged against U.S. companies.

However, with your trade statement, it does not work like that; “trade deficit with the EU” does not mean EU27 is the only one benefiting.

India is keen on a fair and reasonable trade deal in which its request for market access is secured while also addressing the trade deficit issue raised by the US.

On the G20 fringes, Abe agreed to step up bilateral trade talks with Trump, who seeks to reduce his country's trade deficit with major exporters.

The genesis of trade war lies in the fact that for decades China has sold a far greater volume of goods to the US than it bought, leading to highest trade deficit of the US with China amounting $375 billion in 2017.

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