US Trade Deficit Skyrockets under Bush Administration

Eran Lillestrand's picture

The U.S. trade deficit has almost doubled since Bush took office – up to $712 billion in 2007 from $363 billion in 2001.

Source
U.S. Census Bureau Foreign Trade Statistics, FT900: U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, February 14 2008. http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/current_press_release/press.html