Adjustment Quote by Warren Buffett

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

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

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

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

— Xavier Becerra

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

— Wilbur Ross

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

— Neil Bush

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

— Stephanie Ruhle

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

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

There is no escape from the vast imbalances in international trade and finance. They will be corrected, sooner or later, by the inexorable principles…

— Hans F. Sennholz

The more competitive value of the dollar turned around the trade deficit.

— Martin Feldstein

There's no such thing as a trade deficit.

— P. J. O'Rourke