foreign

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While GM, Ford and Chrysler together once overwhelmingly dominated American sales, they are now heavily eclipsed by foreign automakers, including ones that make cars in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The government explains this concentration of wealth as an attempt to put wealth in national, instead of foreign hands.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

A separate Gallup poll reported declining approval for the administration’s handling of foreign policy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Still, foreign stocks remain cheap, and because of prewar gains in the quarter, the average foreign large blend fund’s 0.3% gain still beat the average U.S. large blend fund’s 4% loss.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Under its terms, Congress would not limit the foreign slave trade until at least 1808—twenty years after the Constitution was ratified, or accepted by the necessary number of states.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis