Economic Analysis: America’s Top 10 Trade Deficit Countries: A Closer Look
By Jason Cooper, CPA Research Assistant In 2016 the U.S. ran an overall $946 billion trade deficit* in goods, seven times the 1992 level. In the 23 years from 1992 to 2016, the deficit has risen dramatically, from 1.3% of our GDP to 5.1%. Our global goods deficit is driven by deficits with a handful…