The development dilemma being faced in the CARICOM region in particular can be summarized in critical development gaps, such as the human development gap, the technology gap and the trade and terms of trade gaps.

The trade deficit. Yes, the US runs a massive trade deficit with China around 295 billion in 2011, or fully 40 of America s total merchandise trade gap of 738 billion.

Furthermore, the saving gap and the trade balance interact with each other constantly, making them always equal.

The expected December trade deficit is 57 billion an improvement on the record 60.3 billion gap in November.

Kerry's remaining competitor, John Edwards, talks about how the gap on trade between him and Kerry is wide and deep with Kerry on the free trade side.

Availability of external resources and use of economic incentives and trade policy instruments could help bridge the resource gap.

Gap

By definition, without a change in the saving gap, there will be no change in the trade surplus, and vice versa.

Qatar had great faith in free trade, believing that international trade was an essential factor in economic development, which in turn helped to narrow the gap between developed and developing countries.

But, even if that could be achieved, it would close the trade gap only for as long as Greek prices remained competitive.

Unexpected yen appreciation could cause large carry trade exchange rate losses, as could unexpected closing of the interest rate gap with Japan.

Because the biggest share of the US trade gap is with China, a country vilified as a currency manipulating cheater, the bilateral trade deficit has become the lightening rod for China bashers.

Eliminating or reducing this trade gap without depressing economic activity and employment in Greece requires that the country export more and import less.

Asia s Leadership Gap

Mind the Gap

It might have a shorter gap or a longer gap and you bring the gap closer together so you have a spark.

But perhaps the other, bigger gap is what we call the hope gap.

Closing Europe s Strategy Gap

The Transatlantic Growth Gap

Closing Asia s Security Gap

Closing the Skills Gap

The gap filling role

See that gap there?

There's a gap here.

This is a gap.

See that gap there? There's a gap, and it affects all the other stories.

There is a glaring gap in overall international development policymaking, and in the capacity to secure coherence across the development, finance, trade and technology areas.

The gap between rich and poor, the have and have not countries, seems ever wider, even as our interconnectedness grows in trade and in labour.

For the alien race in Stephen R. Donaldson's The Gap Cycle, see Amnion (Gap Cycle).

For centuries the Homs Gap has been a favorite trade and invasion route from the coast to the country's interior and to other parts of Asia.

It provoked the missile gap.

This huge gap spurs migration.

To close the budget gap,

And this gap really narrows.

And that gap, and that gap is defined right here, what happens when x equals 2?

There really is a gap between what these people want and a gap between their needs.

Then the gap is divided by the shrink factor again, the list is sorted with this new gap, and the process repeats until the gap is 1.

The issue of the cost of trade facilitation measures was raised several times, and fears were expressed that the gap between LDCs and developed countries would increase because of the lack of available financial resources to implement trade facilitation measures.

Why is there a gap there?

And that gap continues to widen.

And that gap is very intimidating.

Have a look at the gap.

In the government sector, the unadjusted pay gap is 15 , and the adjusted pay gap was 3 in 2000.

Economic growth rates reveal the same gap.

The gap, instead, reflects recent historical choices.