trade imbalance
Lopsided commerce gap
A trade imbalance occurs when a country's imports and exports are not equal in value.
When a nation imports more than it exports, it runs a trade deficit; the reverse produces a trade surplus.
Economists and politicians frequently debate whether trade imbalances matter—some view persistent deficits as signs of economic weakness or unfair trading practices, while others consider them natural outcomes of global capital flows.
The trade imbalance with China became a major campaign issue.
- balance of paymentsNation's international transaction record
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- red inkSymbol for financial loss
- dollar strengthRising USD value
- protectionismShielding local producers
economic dependency · quotas · inflation · import restrictions · diplomatic tensions · currency manipulation · comparative advantage · made in China · cheap labor · goods · current account · unemployment · fiscal deficit · exchange rate · shortfall · global supply chains · exports · sanctions
- global tradeexport tax, exports, import tax, imports, export
- trade historycommerce, merchant, traders, colonial economy, trader
- trade datanet exports, current account, balance of payments, re-exports
- tradecustoms, commerce, export, exports, quotas
- imbalancedisequilibrium, disproportion, asymmetry, lopsidedness, unevenness
- inequalitywealth gap, income gap, disparity, wage gap, income disparity
trade imbalanceeconomic stability
Sustained healthy financial conditions