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Pays other countries to make things so you don't have to.
means A person or company that buys goods made in another country and brings them into their own country to sell.
from From French importer, from Latin importare — 'in-' (into) plus 'portare' (to carry). The same 'portare' root gives us 'transport,' 'export,' and 'portable' — all about carrying things, just in different directions.
- legal meaning
- brings goods into a country for sale
- risk
- takes the customs and currency hit, not the exporter
- economics
- a trade deficit's favorite scapegoat, usually unfairly
- biggest one
- the United States, by a wide margin