US Trade Deficit Reaches Highest Level In 7 Years

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - MAY 05: A container ship is loaded with shipping containers after the ships original containers, loaded with imported items, were offloaded at Port Everglades on May 5, 2015 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The U.S. Commerce Department announced that the trade deficit expanded by 43.1% to a seasonally adjusted $51.37 billion in March, the largest monthly percentage increase since December 1996. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)