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Find and Tount is successes at the State of the Union.

Two years ago, the economy was really high-stand here tonight after we've created with the help of many people in this room.

12 million new jobs, more jobs created in two years, than any president's created in four years.

Plus, Ukraine's president makes his second overseas trip since the invasion,

and Microsoft ups the ante on the AI game.

It's Wednesday, February 8th.

I'm Peter Grantedz at the Wall Street Journal, filling in for Luke Vargas,

and here's the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

The United States posted its largest trade deficit ever last year.

Data from the Commerce Department show the country imported nearly $950 billion more worth of goods than it exported.

That is an increase of more than 12% from the previous year.

President Joe Biden did not mention the deficit in his annual state of the Union address last night,

but he did vow to spur more American production and decrease the dependency on other countries.

And on my watch, American roads, bridges, and American highways are going to be made with American products as well.

We'll have more on the State of the Union later in the show.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting the UK today.

He'll address Parliament and visit Ukrainian troops training in the country.

It's only his second known trip outside of Ukraine since the war began nearly a year ago.

He visited the US in December. On Wednesday, the British government announced it would provide Ukraine with longer-range capabilities to strike Russian targets.

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