With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at the trade deficit changes all of that.
Jo Ann EmersonAbout author
- Author's profession: Politician
- Nationality: american
- Born: September 16, 1950
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