The United States trade deficit surged to a record $74.4bn in March as an improving US economy drove purchases of imported foreign goods.The deficit, the gap between what the US buys from abroad and what it sells to other countries, was 5.6 percent greater than the February gap of $70.5bn, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.Imports rose 6.3 percent to $274.5bn, while exports increased 6.6 percent to $200bn. The US imports so much more than it exports that in dollar terms, the rise in imports was greater.
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