11.   American companies have doubled sales in a decade, making Latin America the only region where the United States enjoys a trade surplus.

12.   An expansion in the Japanese trade surplus sometimes depresses the dollar because that means Japanese exporters have more dollars to sell for yen to bring revenue home.

13.   An increase in the trade surplus means more dollars in the hands of Japanese exporters to sell for yen to bring profits home.

14.   An increasing Japanese trade surplus often hurts the dollar by leaving a wealth of dollars in the hands of Japanese exporters to sell for yen to bring profits home.

15.   An increase in the trade surplus often hurts the dollar because it means more dollars in the hands of Japanese exporters to sell for yen to bring profits home.

16.   An increasing Japanese trade surplus hurts the dollar by leaving more dollars in the hands of Japanese exporters to sell for yen.

17.   Analysts suggest the Japanese remarks about intervention are connected to U.S. concerns over the trade surplus.

18.   An expansion in the Japanese trade surplus hurts the dollar by leaving more dollars in the hands of Japanese exporters to sell for yen to bring revenue home.

19.   And the monthly bilateral trade surplus with the United States has also steadily fallen.

20.   Apart from China, the top Asian trading partners all continued to register significant trade surpluses with Latin America.