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Despite trump promising to shrink the trade deficit, it's the highest level in 10 years. The real goods deficit in December reached $91.6 billion, its highest level since 1994. It's being driven in part, by weakening exports. Nominal goods exports to China tanked by 33%, likely a result of China's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods. The American Enterprise Inst. calculates the tax cuts could boost the trade deficit by $200 billion. This is what trump winning looks like.