Bilateral trade deficits are not evil; historically…

When we run these big trade deficits and send our jobs offshore, we hold our wages down and our income down. That feeds right…

— Peter Navarro

Our fiat currency is under increasing stress with our large and growing trade deficits. We have a federal deficit that is calculated in the…

— George Noory

Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced.

— Xavier Becerra

Trade deficits are OK under certain circumstance. 1. An emerging nation imports capital goods necessary to enhance its productivity. 2. A developed nation, with…

— Peter Schiff

If we want more trade in the world, we should establish bilateral trade agreements with other democratic countries. That way we can control the…

— Dana Rohrabacher

I will negotiate fair, bilateral trade deals that bring jobs and industry back onto American shores.

— Donald Trump

We want the Netherlands to leave the E.U., join EFTA and, like Switzerland, negotiate bilateral trade agreements with the E.U. and the rest of…

— Geert Wilders

Any bilateral trade and investment agreement must be comprehensive and address the full range of barriers to U.S. goods and services if it is…

— Max Baucus

If trade deficits are good, why is China so pleased that they run a huge trade surplus? It's perfectly obvious that if China hadn't…

— Wilbur Ross

China are running trade deficits with the rest of the world. If you look at the U.S. trade deficit, it's close to $800 billion…

— Peter Navarro

“America has, in fact, run trade deficits large enough to wipe out its gold hoard under the old rules of the game. Still, the…

— James Rickards

Global demand for dollars has supplanted demand for manufactured goods and services, resulting in multilateral trade deficits and loss of jobs at home.

— Joseph Stiglitz

We're going to fix [trade deals].You know, last year [2015] we lost almost $800 billion in trade deficits. We have trade deficit with other…

— Donald Trump

The tea party movement and its passion arose in response to trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see and out of…

— Ari Fleischer

What works for Germany can't work for the rest of Europe: No country can run a chronic surplus without others running deficits.

— George Soros