#imports

Our course, then, is clear; if we desire to put an end to pauperism, or to lessen it, we should import everything we can use or sell, in order that we may employ our unemployed hands, in making the goods by which we pay for these imports. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#course #desire #employ #end #everything

The direct investment of Japanese businesses to East Asian economies accelerates the reallocation of their production bases. Consequently, between Japan and the other East Asian countries, both exports and imports are growing substantially. ↗

— Toshihiko Fukui

#asian countries #bases #between #both #businesses

The CAFTA region currently imports $15 billion annually of U.S. agriculture and manufactured goods. ↗

— Ron Lewis

#annually #billion #cafta #currently #goods

The U.S. now imports over half of its oil supply from the Middle East. This dangerous dependence on foreign energy sources is an issue of national security. ↗

— Kenny Marchant

#dependence #east #energy #energy sources #foreign

Our foreign-exchange reserves when I took over were no more than a billion dollars; that is, roughly equal to two weeks' imports. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#dollars #equal #i #imports #more

The working out of a balanced economy throughout Germany to provide the necessary means to pay for approved imports has not been accomplished, although that too is expressly required by the Potsdam Agreement. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#agreement #although #approved #balanced #been

Even if the dollar does decline during the coming months, the delays in the response of exports and imports to the more competitive dollar will mean that the increase in aggregate demand from this source may not happen for a year or more. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

#coming #competitive #decline #delays #demand

America is becoming more and more dependent upon imports from foreign manufacturers than we are exports from our country in all fields: in appliances, in clothing, even food. This year America may become for the first time in its history a net food importer. ↗

— Marcy Kaptur

#appliances #become #becoming #clothing #country

The prices of all imports would rise if the dollar depreciates. ↗

— Robert C. Solomon

#dollar #imports #prices #rise #would

The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined. ↗

— John Bruton

#around #canada #combined #countries #developing