Economics

U.S. Trade Gap Shrinks to Smallest Since 2016 on Export Gain

  • Goods deficit with China at six-year low as imports drop
  • Countries were working in November toward phase-one deal
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The U.S. trade gap narrowed in November to the smallest in three years as exports advanced amid a thaw in the trade war with China, while imports fell to the lowest since 2017.