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Paying someone else's country to make what your own can't or won't.
means The act of bringing goods, services, or ideas into a country from somewhere else, usually across a border and often through customs.
from From Latin importare — 'to bring in,' built from in- ('into') plus portare ('to carry'). The same portare gives us 'port,' 'portable,' and 'transport,' all about carrying things from one place to another. 'Importation' entered English use to describe this carrying-in on a national, mercantile scale — goods ported into one country from another, with customs officers waiting at the door.
- origin
- from latin importare, to bring in
- economics
- creates trade deficits, not just trade
- tariffs
- governments tax it to protect local jobs
- irony
- often cheaper than making it at home