AP FACT CHECK: Trump again at odds with US trade stats
Story Date: 3/16/2018

 

Source: Calvin Woodward, WRAL, 3/16/18

President Donald Trump is again declaring the U.S. has a trade deficit with Canada despite information from agencies of his government showing a surplus. The discordant note is easily explained: Trump only counts trade in goods, ignoring trade in services. He's done so persistently when surveying the global trade landscape, making U.S. trade deficits look worse than they are. 

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