Trump Thinks Energy Exports Can Fix the Trade Gap. The Math Doesn’t Work.

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President Donald Trump is relying on energy exports to close America’s trade gap. It makes some sense that Trump is focusing on energy as a way to close the trade gap with other countries. In the past few years, the U.S. trade gap in oil has actually turned into a surplus.

President Donald Trump is relying on energy exports to close America’s trade gap. It makes some sense that Trump is focusing on energy as a way to close the trade gap with other countries. In the past few years, the U.

S. trade gap in oil has actually turned into a surplus..