The U.S. trade deficit decreased by 14.6 percent in January, according to a report from the U.S. Commerce Department. There are rising exports and falling imports. The export growth is due, in part, to U.S. soybean movement to China. Economists expect some of the factors that fueled a widening deficit to moderate this year including an agreement by China to buy more U.S. soybeans.
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