In the First Quarter of 2015 the U

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Short Answer

In the first quarter of 2015 the U.S. had a trade deficit. In the first quarter of 2016 exports fell and imports rose. According to these numbers what happened to net exports?

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Definitions:

Internal Thread

The spiral grooves cut inside a hole intended to engage with an external thread, such as on a bolt, allowing for parts to be screwed together.

Plain Bearings

Bearings that operate through sliding motion between the moving surfaces, without rollers or balls, used for simpler mechanisms.

Journal Bearings

Bearings that support a rotating shaft, where the shaft rotates within a lubricated sleeve or shell without rolling elements.

Tensile Strength

The maximum amount of tensile stress that a material can withstand before failure, an essential parameter in material selection and engineering design.