1930s Quote by Stephen Moore

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

— Xavier Becerra

With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at…

— Jo Ann Emerson

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

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

— Neil Bush

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

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

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

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

When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.

— Henry Paulson

I think back a little bit when President Bush was elected President and what kind of economy he inherited from the Clinton administration. The…

— Wayne Allard

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