Made in Britain?
As Chancellor Gordon Brown writes his budget, and gloats over 15 years of sustained growth, one figure that he might not boast about is the trade deficit.
Trade deficit is the gap between Britain's net exports and imports. And even though Britain is a net exporter of services, it imports more goods than the services it exports.
Need the best car? Why not get a German model? Need an electronic gizmo tool? Buy Japanese. And for clothes, well most agree the smartest ones come from Paris.
So what about the 'Made in Britain' stamp. What does it mean?
In Britain, shopping is believed to be the number one leisure activity. But how aware are we of where the products we buy, are made? And do we care?
Wales@Work this week is asking what you make of the 'Made in Britain' label? Does it make you want to buy a product? Or doesn't it matter, as long as you can get your shop done within a budget?
Join Sarah Dickins and guests as they ask, why should we care about the trade deficit and how can we fix it? That's Wales@Work Tuesday 20 March 2007 at 6pm and repeated on Sunday 25 March 2007 at 7am on BBC Radio Wales.
