a foreign trade deficit

基本解释

It is all because of the trade deficit, they are told – a visible manifestation of a major loss of production to foreign competition.
他們被告知，一切都是因爲貿易逆差——它是生産嚴重流失到外國競爭對手那裡的明確証明。
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China is continually in a deficit state in trade with ASEAN, so that ASEAN becomes an important trade partner facilitating balance of China's foreign trade.
中國在與東盟貿易中，持續処於逆差，成爲我國對外貿易平衡的重要貿易夥伴。
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But Vietnam posted a $1 billion trade deficit in January -- a problem that has put pressure on its foreign exchange reserves.
但是，今年1月越南貿易逆差卻高達10億美元，對其外滙儲備形成壓力。
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America, of course, still imports a massive amount of foreign oil and runs a substantial energy-related trade deficit.
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So too is the record amount of foreign capital flowing into the country and a trade deficit that's tripled in the last year.
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