The US trade deficit will fall sharply, by a record amount, during a Trump first term (2017-2020).
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“You will see a drop like you've never seen before.”
- Said on
- 30 June 2016 · Campaign appearance in Manchester, New Hampshire, speaking about the trade deficit, quoted by FactCheck.org. Inferred window is his first term.
- Source
- Biden's False Statement About the Trade Deficit · FactCheck.org
- Should come true
- 2020
- How sure they sounded
- you will see
- Categories
- Economy
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · US trade balance, central to national economic and trade policy.
Outcome
Inaccurate
The US goods-and-services trade deficit rose rather than falling. Census figures put it at $514 billion in 2017, $580 billion in 2018 and $577 billion in 2019, compared with roughly $481-491 billion in the late Obama years. It widened further in 2020, to about $679 billion.
- https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/bidens-false-statement-about-the-trade-deficit
- https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/historical/gands.pdf
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