Some warn that the American trade position will not improve until growth returns to the debtor countries.

Pushing China to reform is the free trade position.

If the world can avoid a recession, substantial improvements should be visible soon in the American trade position.

"We are seeing an improvement in our trade position, which should help keep us out of a recession next year," she said.

The shrinkage of the budget deficit would also be likely to strengthen the nation's foreign trade position.

Nonetheless, a close look at the results of recent months suggests that the American trade position may have finally begun to gain.

They argue the need for more growth to be driven by Britain's trade position.

In 1994, he was appointed to a trade position at the Commerce Department.

Why, too, can we not for once consider where, overall, Europe's interests lie, and what our trade position is in the various sectors?

Finally - and most important - there is no simple link between a nation's net trade position and its overall economic health.