Balance Quote by Daniel T. Griswold

Bilateral trade deficits are not evil; historically, better growth in the U.S. economy has led to larger trade deficits.

— Neil Bush

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

In my view, [the trade deficit] will create political turmoil at some point...Pretty soon, I think there will be a big adjustment.

— Warren Buffett

Americas largest trade deficit is with China, a nation that enjoys Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the U.S. and ties its currency to the…

— Jo Ann Emerson

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

— Xavier Becerra

That level of trade deficit throttles real growth in our country and continues the unfortunate path of selling out America. We are not winning…

— Marcy Kaptur

Years of passivity and drift among U.S. policymakers have allowed the U.S. - China trade deficit to grow to the point where is widely…

— Robert Lighthizer

We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but…

— Xavier Becerra

This is what Donald Trump understands. This is the trade deficit. We run a trade deficit of close to $800 billion a year.

— Peter Navarro

We're in a trade war. We've been in a trade war for decades. That's why we have the deficit.

— Wilbur Ross

The trade deficit is the capital surplus and don't ever think of having a capital surplus as being a bad thing for our country.

— Arthur Laffer

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