41.   It said in a statement that the move to hike import duties will not offset the tendency toward domestic recession nor will it check the widening trade deficit.

42.   Most economists blamed the widening trade deficit on sharp drops in the prices of steel, semiconductors and other key export items.

43.   Presidential officials said Rha was held responsible for the deteriorating economy, which is being plagued by slowing exports and widening trade deficits.

44.   Stocks opened lower Thursday, after a report of a widening trade deficit and weak business activity in Philadelphia pushed bond prices down.

45.   The declining exports of South Korean semiconductors also attributed to the widening trade deficit with the United States, the officials said.

46.   The sharp increase was the result of a widening trade deficit, the Bank of Korea said.

47.   The widening trade deficit has caused the ringgit to slide against the dollar.

48.   The widening trade deficit is the one bit of tarnish on an otherwise sterling, record-breaking economy, which is in its ninth year of uninterrupted growth.

49.   The widening trade deficit has been the major impact on the U.S. economy from the currency crisis that struck Asia a year ago.

50.   They also want more European investment to narrow a widening trade deficit.