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The United States posted a record foreign trade deficit of 123.3 billion dollars for the year as imports surged 26.4 percent while exports rose only 8.7 percent. Strong dollar, costs to U.S. jobs, and sharp rises in iron and steel, cars, electrical gear, and telecom equipment drove the gap.
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