How to Use trade surplus in a Sentence

trade surplus

noun
  • The country’s trade surplus blew past $1 trillion for the first time this year, with one month to spare.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
  • But the United States in fact has a trade surplus with Brazil.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The United States has run a trade surplus also goes back decades.
    — Ken Roberts, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Need to know China’s annual trade surplus hits a record.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Its trade surplus in these goods is equal to a tenth of the entire Chinese economy.
    — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 14 May 2024
  • Its global trade surplus in goods has soared and is now approaching $1 trillion.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
  • That will, in turn, cause the trade surplus to shrink as the welfare of domestic households expands.
    — Michael Pettis, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2025
  • To many economists, a trade surplus or deficit isn’t inherently good or bad.
    — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2025
  • All in all, that gives the EU a total trade surplus of just $50 billion.
    — Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 14 July 2025
  • The sector, which boasts a wide trade surplus with the rest of the world, made it through the first 100 days without a hit.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 May 2025
  • India runs a trade deficit in goods that its net trade surplus in services and remittances cannot fully cover.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
  • China’s trade surplus reached a record of more than $1 trillion for the year as of November.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
  • China’s trade surplus reached a record of more than $1 trillion for the year as of November.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The 2024 trade surplus was over $992 billion.
    — Chan Ho-Him, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The 2024 trade surplus was over $992 billion.
    — Chan Ho-Him, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Even with those levies, China nudged a record trade surplus last year by pivoting to other markets.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Arts and culture exports produce a trade surplus of $21 billion.
    — Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The flow of trade Arizona enjoys a sizable trade surplus with Ireland.
    — The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2024
  • China’s annual trade surplus passed $1 trillion, a record high.
    — Joe Ngai, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The aim is not only to close the existing deficit, but to create a significant trade surplus.
    — Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
  • In line with the trade surplus record, the country’s two largest ports saw all-time highs in container throughput over the first 11 months.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The country’s global trade surplus in goods has soared in recent years and is now approaching $1 trillion.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Customs data on Monday showed the country's trade surplus for the year topped a trillion dollars for the first time.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 8 Dec. 2025
  • China reported a record trade surplus in 2025.
    — Eunice Yoon,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Despite Europe’s trade surplus with the United States, shoes head the other way.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • China’s exports continued to break trade surplus records for the sourcing superpower to kick off the new year.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2026
  • China’s trade surplus in manufacturing goods is now more than $2 trillion.
    — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026
  • The President has since walked back his threats to place tariffs on an industry with a 300% trade surplus.
    — Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • And China’s trade surplus reached $586 billion in the first half, setting a new record for any six-month period.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
  • In November, the country’s global trade surplus surged past $1 trillion for the first time in history.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 26 Dec. 2025

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