If U.S. buyers purchased $500 billion of foreign goods and foreign buyers purchased $400 billion of U.S. goods, the U.S. balance of trade would be:

A. ?$100 billion.
B. $100 billion.
C. $400 billion.
D. -$500 billion.


Answer: A

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