Running Quote by 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

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

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

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

There's no such thing as a trade deficit.

— P. J. O'Rourke

We have the greatest negotiators in the world, we have the greatest business people in the world, we don't use them. We use political…

— Donald Trump

Having a trade deficit and a budget deficit, it's two different things.

— Stephanie Ruhle

When you look at our trade deals that are so bad. Our debt has doubled in seven and a half years to almost $20…

— Donald Trump

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

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

— Xavier Becerra

If a trade deficit is determined solely by rates of savings and investment, then the U.S. trade deficit will be impervious to a get-tough…

— Daniel T. Griswold

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