How the Digital Trade Deficit Is Changing What We Count

Episode 35 of The Trade Deficit Podcast explores the growing digital trade deficit and how it challenges traditional economic measurements. With the trade balance at -$60.3 billion in March 2026 and the current account deficit narrowing, Lucas and Luna dig into why services—especially digital ones—are harder to track than physical goods. They discuss how cross-border data flows, software subscriptions, and streaming services are reshaping the balance of payments, and what this means for the $4.4 trillion in imports. A specific look at how Apple's app store and Netflix's global subscriber base illustrate the gap between what we trade and what we count. #DigitalTradeDeficit #TradeDeficit #BalanceOfPayments #Imports #Exports #Economics #ServicesTrade #CurrentAccount #Apple #Netflix #TradeData #Tariffs #TradePolicy #GlobalEconomy #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TradeDeficitPodcast #June2026 Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo