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PORTS FIASCO NARROWS TRADE DEFICIT TO $41.8B IN JANUARY

West Coast port labor negotiations and the strengthening dollar helped to shrink the U.S. trade gap in January. The U.S. Department of Commerce reported an 11% decrease in the trade deficit to $41.8 billion from $46.6 billion,  the largest since January 2012. Exports and imports decreased overall, with exports down […]