<span>The United States have had a trade deficit over the past two decades because the nation had a persistent trade deficit. Since the 1970s, The United States had entered into a trade deficit, from trade surplus. This started because Japan and Europe started trading and competing with US, in a range of industries.</span>
The hardship that they faced was death cancer
Because the Silk Road was too long to travel so they wanted a shorter way to Asia.
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