| During most of the period for which information is available, the islands have enjoyed a favorable balance of trade. |
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| Mercantilists reasoned that exports had to be encouraged and imports discouraged in order for the nation to have a favorable balance of trade. |
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| In the realm of commerce, the state's policies were designed to secure a favorable balance of trade. |
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| From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, an economic system practiced by many European nations in which policies were established to promote a favorable balance of trade. |
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| That Poland had a favorable balance of trade can be deduced from the fact that English and Dutch trade with the Baltic countries was unfavorable for them. |
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| A guide to national prosperity and safety more true and unerring cannot be found than a favorable balance of trade, sustained by such a regulation of commerce. |
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| The enlargement of armaments sales abroad is the largest single effort that the state management devised for restoring a favorable balance of trade to the United States. |
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| All of these men had read and admired the Wealth of Nations and each endeavored to point out his particular disagreement with the mercantilistic emphasis on a favorable balance of trade. |
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