Wednesday, March 4, 2020

2019, A Year in Trade: Imports Decline; China Imports Relocate

By Steven L. Byers, PhD and Jeff Ferry

In 2019, the US trade deficit, our total imports and our goods imports all declined. These are all positive developments for the US economy and especially so because key indicators of the overall US economy, including GDP and personal consumption expenditure, grew at healthy rates last year.