With the rising possibility of a big escalation in the US-China trade dispute this week, March’s trade figures could represent the calm before the storm. The trade deficit widened trivially to $50.0bn, from $49.3bn, as exports increased by 1.0% m/m and imports increased by 1.1%.
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