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Hi Bunuel, For Q2b Why we did not calculate trade deficit itself as given in the graph instead of calculating imports? Trade deficit is ~15billion and exports is 5.2biilion so we need three fold increase in exports.
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Hi Bunuel, For Q2b Why we did not calculate trade deficit itself as given in the graph instead of calculating imports? Trade deficit is ~15billion and exports is 5.2biilion so we need three fold increase in exports.

We didn’t just match the deficit, we needed to match total imports with exports to eliminate the deficit.

Exports are ~5.2 billion, and imports are ~20.8 billion, so to eliminate the deficit, exports must increase to match imports.

That means:

5.2 * x = 20.8
x = 4

So a fourfold increase is needed, not just enough to cover the 15.6 billion deficit.
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