根据由知名的大学、智囊团、工业同业公会以及企业组成的美国创新前景工作小组2006年11月的报告，高科技贸易赤字到2005年已经连续三年扩大。
According to a November 2006 report by The Task Force on the Future of American Innovation, made up of prominent universities, think tanks, industry trade associations, and corporations, the high-tech trade deficit widened in 2005, for the third consecutive year.