Negative balance is known as the trade deficit, or informal trade deficit.

负平衡被称为贸易逆差，或非正式的贸易逆差。

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Note:A negative balance indicates trade deficit.

注：进出口差额负数为逆差。

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The negative trade-balance is a snap shot of what is wrong with our economy.

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It otherwise represents a decades long negative trade-balance of billions that must be paid back some day.

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Another way to look at this negative trade-balance is our nation consumes more than we produce, or fails to make enough of what other people want.

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