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"President Donald Trump tells us we are "getting killed on trade"1 and stresses the country's trade deficit. As a piece of language, however, "trade deficit" is almost as misleading as "getting killed on trade." "Deficit," like "getting killed," has a negative valence, but it is phony." Retrieved from

The "Trade Deficit": Defective Language, Deficient Thinking 0