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A country has a trade surplus of $20 billion with its trading partners over a year. Which change would cause the country to have a trade deficit the following year, assuming everything else remains the same?A.The country decreases its exports by $30 billion.B.The country increases its imports by $10 billion.C.The country decreases its imports by $10 billion.D.The country increases its exports by $30 billion.

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A country has a trade surplus of 20billionwithitstradingpartnersoverayear.Whichchangewouldcausethecountrytohaveatradedeficitthefollowingyear,assumingeverythingelseremainsthesame?A.Thecountrydecreasesitsexportsby20 billion with its trading partners over a year. Which change would cause the country to have a trade deficit the following year, assuming everything else remains the same?A.The country decreases its exports by 30 billion.B.The country increases its imports by 10billion.C.Thecountrydecreasesitsimportsby10 billion.C.The country decreases its imports by 10 billion.D.The country increases its exports by $30 billion.

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The change that would cause the country to have a trade deficit the following year, assuming everything else remains the same, would be A. The country decreases its exports by $30 billion.

Here's why:

A trade surplus occurs when the value of a country's exports exceeds the value of its imports. In this case, the country has a trade surplus of $20 billion.

If the country decreases its exports by 30billion,thevalueofitsexportswouldbe30 billion, the value of its exports would be 30 billion less than the previous year. Given that the trade surplus was 20billion,adecreaseinexportsof20 billion, a decrease in exports of 30 billion would turn the trade surplus into a trade deficit of 10billion(because10 billion (because 30 billion - 20billion=20 billion = 10 billion).

Therefore, the correct answer is A. The country decreases its exports by $30 billion.

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