trade deficit

1. N-COUNT A trade deficit is a situation in which a country imports goods worth more than the value of the goods that it exporvts. 贸易逆差[商业] [usu sing]

The US trade deficit grew to just under $30 billion in the third quarter. 美国的贸易逆差在第三季度增加到恰好低于300亿美元的水平。