The trade gap between imports and exports remained high.

进出口贸易差额依然很大。

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The U.S. trade gap, which measures the difference between a nation's imports and exports, narrowed slightly to $44 billion in September, the Census Bureau reported Wednesday.

美国国家统计局周三指出，美国九月份的贸易差额略降至440亿美元，该数字用于衡量一国的进出口差额。

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The U. S. trade gap, which measures the difference between a nation's imports and exports, narrowed slightly to $44 billion in September, the Census Bureau reported Wednesday.

美国国家统计局周三指出，美国九月份的贸易差额略降至440亿美元，该数字用于衡量一国的进出口差额。

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And this week it was reported that the U.S. trade deficit widened by 4.3% in January to its largest gap between imports and exports since October, 2008.

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You might have hoped that a more than 20% fall in the value of the pound during the financial crisis would have been enough to help us start to re-balance the UK economy - boosting the competitiveness of UK plc, and so reducing the gap between our exports and our imports.

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That's the largest gap between our exports and imports since September.

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