The changes to the official trade statistics apparently being considered by the Trump administration may bolster the case for renegotiating trade deals, but they would give a distorted picture of international trade. That said, the changes are unlikely to ever make it through to the official economic data, not least because they would be difficult to reconcile with the rest of the national accounts.
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