One plan involves lobbying the central government to deregulate airfares so that the local tourist industry can take off. (Just see what Hawaii has done since American air fares were deregulated.) Another proposal is to provide tax breaks for manufacturers who import components and then re-export the finished goods.

ECONOMIST: Japan

We have to decide as a country that we're going to do that -- not import wind turbines, not import solar panels, and not seek somebody else to do the type of skilled retrofitting that's necessary to meet our clean energy goals, to save individuals and businesses money on their heating and cooling bills, as well as creating jobs.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

And if Governor Romney understood what you've been doing, he'd know that we used to have to import most of the parts were used for wind turbines -- they're now being made here in America, by American workers in American factories.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

In the past, foreign business offices were allowed to import cars, computers and so forth duty-free, on the understanding that they would eventually re-export them.

ECONOMIST: Old Russian customs

Brazil has imposed non-automatic import licenses on Argentine automobiles, effectively blocking the trade, as retaliation in response to a prior re-vamping of trade restrictions on behalf of Argentina.

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