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Petrișor Peiu, AUR's deputy leader, highlights a significant increase in Romania's trade deficit despite the ongoing technical recession and declining purchasing power. He notes that the trade deficit rose by 900 million euros in the first nine months of 2026 compared to the previous year, with a staggering deficit of over 3 billion euros in September alone. Peiu attributes this situation to rising energy prices and increased consumption taxes, indicating that domestic production is declining faster than consumption. He also points out that Romania experienced the second-largest drop in trade volume in the EU in September 2026, marking the 13th consecutive month of decline. The country officially entered a technical recession at the end of 2025 after two consecutive quarters of GDP decline.