The trade deficit is the flip side of a rapidly expanding economy.

贸易逆差是一次经济快速发展带来的负面产物。

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When the Commerce Department reported last week that the trade deficit in June approached $50 billion, it set off a new round of economic doomsaying.

上周美国商务部报告称，6月份的贸易逆差接近500亿美元，这引发了新一轮的经济末日预言。

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China has a surplus in trade with the us and Europe, but runs a deficit in trade with Japan, Republic of Korea and ASEAN countries.

中国对美国和欧洲有贸易顺差，但对日本、韩国和东盟国家有贸易逆差。

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EU Finance Commissioner Olli Rehn made the call after a first round of talks with Greek officials amid growing market expectations of a trade-off between new deficit cutting steps and practical EU support for Greek borrowing.

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IMF's analysis, is not due to shifts in domestic spending, but to changes in the manufacturing trade of these countries: America has had a widening trade deficit over much of that period, Japan a widening surplus.

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We are running a trade deficit of over half a trillion dollars per year to import oil.

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There were no major economic announcements out of the euro area today with the exception of a trade balance reading that showed a deficit of 3 billion euro.

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