minus-squarelemmyman@lemmy.worldtoBuy European@feddit.uk•Economists, is this trade balance analysis correct?linkfedilinkarrow-up33·6 days agoA trade deficit is not, itself, a problem. That is the mainstream thinking in economics. But Trump himself has railed against the US trade deficit, so it is meaningful to point out that he is making it larger. linkfedilink
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A trade deficit is not, itself, a problem. That is the mainstream thinking in economics.
But Trump himself has railed against the US trade deficit, so it is meaningful to point out that he is making it larger.