The US has had a trade deficit since 1975, so is the US trade deficit really such a bad thing?

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The US has had a trade deficit since 1975, so is the US trade deficit really such a bad thing?

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Isn’t the trade deficit viewed in vacuum not give a clear enough picture? Doesn’t the local economy matter? If I export 1 dollar of my goods and import 2 of raw materials which I can sell for 1.5 locally, wouldn’t that be a good thing?

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