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Rep. Kaptur Issues Statement on $891 Billion Trade Deficit
March 06, 2019
WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement after the Commerce Department announced that the U.S. posted an $891.2 billion trade deficit in 2018, the largest in 243-year history:

The Commerce Department also announced the trade deficit with China hit a record $419 billion. Economists have agreed that the record trade deficit has been exacerbated by President Trump and the Republican Party's $1.5 trillion corporate tax cut, which was signed i . . .

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