Many economists are questioning whether actually it's working to reduce the trade deficit, increase wages and so on, that it's actually counterproductive. It's working. And the data show this. Our trade deficit in goods has been going down every month, year on year. If you look at the 12 months since April when we started our trade policy versus the previous 12 months, it's a 25% reduction in the trade deficit in goods with China. (11:26–11:31)
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Asserts that the U.S. trade deficit in goods has been decreasing monthly.
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