[Jorge]

A $549 billion trade deficit in goods, and increasing penetration of foreign firms into key sectors of the domestic American economy, indicate how rivals are running up the score.

Not really.
The truth is only prosperous nations can afford to import more goods than they export, and those times when America's had the lowest trade deficits have been when we were in economic recession.

In addition, more jobs are outsourced to America, than America outsources to other countries.

[Willie Green]

The truth is only prosperous nations can afford to import more goods than they export,

Not true. We're doing it by going deeper into debt.