Edmund L. Andrew, As Americans Stop Buying, Trade Deficit Declines. New York
Times, Oct. 10, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/business/economy/10trade.html?scp=1&sq=china%20deficit%20trade%20&st=cse
(US Commerce Department yesterday released trade data for August)
Quote:
"For the first eight months of the year, the United States trade deficit
with China is down by about 14 percent or $20 billion, compared with one
year ago. The nation’s trade deficit with Japan has shrunk by almost 20
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