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That prevents the import or sale of humanoids that are made up of less than 65% of domestic content for sale, although companies can apply for an exemption.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
He said he has worked on movie crews and ran an import business, among other jobs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Canada is not expected to retaliate further, with Prime Minister Mark Carney saying earlier this month that the impact the import bans will have on Canada's economy is "modest".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
China also agreed to import at least 10 million metric tons of coal from the US in 2027 and 2028, the White House said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Savvy operators within these organizations diverted trucks and colluded with smugglers to import fleets of secondhand cars, vans, and buses from China.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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Lagos said China had won over Latin American populations by allowing them to access cheaper imports.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The UK sanctions will also ban imports of goods from illegal settlements.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The state recently lost two of its aging refineries, even as it imports oil products from Japan and Korea, Chowdhury said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
He framed the refinery as a vital step towards Africa reducing its reliance on imports of refined fuel and foreign expertise.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
I don’t look much at the towers though, or the people passing me in their fashionable getups, imports, handcrafted leather, suede, whatever.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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The Dodgers imported him for five or six starts in October, the first of them this weekend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
For Chinese products that are imported into the U.S.,
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The DOE cited California’s military installations, declining oil production, and dependence on imported crude.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
But imported lettuces are now likely to be on the shelves in the UK a couple of weeks earlier than usual.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
While no one knew the exact origin of yellow fever, most ordinary citizens as well as many medical professionals insisted it was an imported disease.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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Such firms could be negatively affected by new rules of origin, depending on how many components they source from North America, versus importing from Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
To ease the crisis, Russia began importing gasoline from as far away as India—an ironic move for one of the world’s biggest crude producers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Marra said the issue was "finely balanced" but he believed oil and gas could be produced in a cleaner way in the UK rather than by importing from abroad.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
US importing businesses, particularly those close to the Canadian border, will likely feel the pinch from higher costs, Knightley of ING said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
"He even had a certificate from the Department of Agriculture for importing and exporting plants and seeds."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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