Blaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agoEconomists, is this trade balance analysis correct?imagemessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1566arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: BuyFromEUBoycottUnitedStates
arrow-up1561arrow-down1imageEconomists, is this trade balance analysis correct?Blaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square41linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: BuyFromEUBoycottUnitedStates
minus-squarelemmyman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·2 months agoA trade deficit is not, itself, a problem. That is the mainstream thinking in economics. But Trump himself has railed against the US trade deficit, so it is meaningful to point out that he is making it larger.
A trade deficit is not, itself, a problem. That is the mainstream thinking in economics.
But Trump himself has railed against the US trade deficit, so it is meaningful to point out that he is making it larger.