Flish, trade deficit has nothing to do with what Meadros is talking about. There's a huge difference between buying raw materials from other countries and importing labor from those countries. The two are only very vaguely connected.
You seem to have a fixation on the word "deficit" as though it's inherently a bad thing. There's a very good reason for maintaining a trade deficit with other nations. It means that the US dollar has a presense in those nations. If you are selling more then you are buying, then you are collecting more of other nations currency, then they are of yours. Over time, that means that their currency has more "weight" on the international market. When you buy more from other countries then you sell, they are holding your money. This means that your currency will be used for other transactions, even between other nations. This in fact is exactly what happens. It also forces other nations into an economic detente with us. They don't want anything to happen unfavorably to our economy, since a devaluation of our currency hurts them as much as it hurts us.
It's kind of a unhanded thing to do, but if you are a nation that can maintain that kind of trade deficit (which we can afford to do), then it gives you huge power on the international trade scene. Once again, you show virtually no understanding of the issues you are arguing.
Jobs moving in or out of the country are completely unrelated to trade deficits. That's an entirely different issue.