The expected December trade deficit is $57 billion—an improvement on the record $60.3 billion gap in November. And the November figure will be adjusted downward because of a recently discovered statistical error by Canadian authorities.
诚然，美国的贸易数字已经略有上升。去年12月的预期贸易赤字为570亿美元——与11月的603亿美元贸易缺口相比已有改善。并且，由于加拿大政府最近发现的统计错误，11月的数字还将有所下调。