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Recalled piece about old commercial deficit (5,3)

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I believe the answer is:

trade gap

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'deficit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'recalled piece about old commercial' is the wordplay.
'recalled' is a reversal indicator (to recall can mean to bring something back).
'piece' becomes 'part' (synonyms).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'old commercial' becomes 'aged' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'part' going around 'aged' is 'pagedart'.
'pagedart' backwards is 'TRADE GAP'.

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(Other definitions for trade gap that I've seen before include "evidence of unbalanced economy" , "'The difference between exports and imports (5,3)'" , "Imports/exports difference" , "Import-export concern" , "Economic deficit" .)

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