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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in April banned the sale and import of inflaters marked with a part number from an obscure Chinese company identified in the crashes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Third, import data for some of Iran's trading partners, such as Iraq, is incomplete.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Ford, meanwhile, has threatened to stop exporting critical minerals to the U.S. or to raise the price of the electricity that Michigan, Minnesota, and New York import from Ontario.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

The rule previously exempted retailers from paying import duties on packages sent to the U.S. valued at less than $800.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

“Names are not of nearly as much import as people like to suppose,” the man in the grey suit says.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Plus: Abu Dhabi’s sovereign-wealth fund buys majority Arrive Logistics stake; AI buildout drives surge in capital-goods imports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

While shipping markets continue to price in disruptions well into 2027, “potential additional dark flows and price-sensitive China net crude imports may moderate the upside to crude oil prices even if Mideast disruptions last longer.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Industry firms that count ships, oil output and imports aren’t able to verify the full volume of oil the U.S. claims is getting through Iran’s chokehold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Canada's imports from the United States, meanwhile, represented 58 percent of its overall figure.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Because Athenian bulk exports to Egypt would have been far more limited than her imports, Alexandrian cargo ships would come home far higher in the water than when they set out.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

The grocer was founded in 1966 by Japanese immigrants Michio and Aveline Kushi — pioneers of the natural-foods macrobiotic movement who began selling imported organic goods out of their Boston home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The country is particularly exposed because it relies heavily on imported fuel, making consumers and businesses vulnerable to higher oil and electricity costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

For the next 90 days, he said, the United States would allow as much as 300,000 metric tons of imported product for ground beef to enter the country without the usual out-of-quota tariff.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

“We’re just waiting for someone who imported a hockey stick,” Busch said.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

They talked about work and imported the hierarchies and nuances of their work lives into their neighborhoods.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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

Even as the administration has been dogged by record-high prices, American cattle and rancher groups have pushed back against importing foreign beef.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Andrew Opie, the director of food and sustainability at the British Retail Consortium, said supermarkets are also importing more food from abroad as UK supplies run short.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

She’s tried to replicate the experience in Sarasota, by importing Italian pastas and flours and procuring French butter from specialty stores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Instead of importing English-speaking slaves from the West Indies, who were more likely to be familiar with European language and culture, many more slaves were shipped directly from Africa.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander