51.   As growth prospects here and in Japan improve, investors are also focusing more anxiously on the huge U.S. trade deficit.

52.   As the dollar falls, maintaining the trade deficit will be a challenge.

53.   As the U.S. trade deficit with Japan shrinks, so does the number of dollars Japanese exporters have to convert into yen.

54.   As U.S. imports from China have grown far faster than U.S. exports to China, the U.S. trade deficit with China has ballooned.

55.   As long as America saves less than it invests, it will run a trade deficit.

56.   Asked to explain the situation, he blamed it mainly on the persistent trade deficit with Japan.

57.   Asked what might endanger the expansion, Clinton talked about the trade deficit and what some economists think is a worrisome level of debt.

58.   At the moment the U.S. trade deficit is good, not bad, for our economy.

59.   At the same time, the trade ministers will have to navigate politically charged issues like the yawning U.S. trade deficit with China and Japan.

60.   Autos and auto parts imported from Japan make up the bulk of the U.S. trade deficit with Japan.