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Oil Prices, Imported Goods Push Trade Gap to Record

The U.S. trade deficit climbed to a record high for the fifth straight year, with 2006 imports exceeding exports by $764 billion, the Commerce Department reported yesterday. The gap reflects higher oil prices, which increased the nation's import bill, and American consumers' rising appetite for foreign-made goods....
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By Peter S. Goodman and Nell Henderson