The trade deficit widened to $48.9bn in December, from $43.7bn, as imports rebounded by 2.7% m/m, outpacing a 0.8% m/m gain in exports. The rebound in imports partly reflected the unwinding of disruptions in November to Canadian rail and pipeline shipments.
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