foreign trade deficit

基本解释

It is of strategic importance to reduce the deficit in foreign trade year by year.
逐年减少外贸逆差是个战略性问题。
Tracking the flow of money across U. S. borders, TIC data offer a rough idea of America's ability to finance its trade deficit using foreign capital.
该数据追踪美国的跨境资本流动情况，能粗略地体现美国利用外资“填补”自身贸易逆差的能力。
Since 1971, China and the United States appeared foreign trade deficit, the status of trade deficit has been growing more and more vehemently lasting 30 years, becoming a super serious problem.
中美两国自1971 年出现对外贸易逆差以来，连续30 多年愈演愈激烈，成为老大难问题。

Shrinking the budget deficit will help shrink the foreign trade deficit and vice versa.
FORBES: The Trade Deficit Widens, As It Must
The already-large foreign demand for investments in the U.S. is likely to grow from here, putting upward pressure on the trade deficit even if foreign growth continues to accelerate.
FORBES: Trade Deficit--Or Capital Surplus?
Part of each additional bond offering puts the company and the U.S. in the position of investing more than we save, drawing in foreign investment and contributing to the trade deficit.
FORBES: Trade Deficit--Or Capital Surplus?