jerusalem u.s. president donald trump start two-day visit israel say monday jerusalem seek high level bilateral commerce low u.s. trade deficit israel unite state israel single-largest trade partner country third-largest regional market behind europe asia israel first country sign free trade agreement u.s. 1985 2016 u.s. export 8.1 billion goods service israel import 17.6 billion israel trade deficit nearly 10 billion overall unite state global foreign trade deficit 44 billion 11 percent total import israel come u.s. already two countries great deal business together strong foundation build even close trade relationship benefit countries trump say speech meet israeli president reuven rivlin turn away script rivlin add half-jokingly go try narrow trade deficit little bite okay trump administration order study cause u.s. trade deficits clamp-down import duty evasion believe large deficits slow american growth employment first four months 2017 u.s. trade deficit israel narrow 2.8 billion 3.3 billion period last year mainly due high u.s. export israel israel maintain trade surplus unite state deficits europe asia hop re-start freeze israeli-palestinian peace talk trump early land israel second leg trip begin weekend visit saudi arabia hold talk separately israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu palestinian president mahmoud abbas stopover last 28 hours trump want u.s.-israeli trade narrow u.s. deficit