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China’s Shrinking Trade Surplus Unlikely to Impress Trump

For years, China has sold much more to the world than it has bought. Now, that imbalance is shrinking, helping Chinese leadership argue it no longer pursues a mercantilist policy. But President Trump, who focuses on the U.S.’s ever-widening trade deficit with China, is unlikely to be impressed.

• Jul. 28, 2018 at 7:00 a.m. ET
• on The Wall Street Journal