By locating those manufacturing facilities here it can be Americans that build those, rather than having us import them from somewhere else.

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However, the Startup Act 2.0 needs serious changes which will allow us to import more capital from abroad.

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Meanwhile the French - who prefer older, redder horse-meat - import most of what they eat from the US and Canada, where it is not eaten by humans but is sometimes fed to pets.

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One option favoured by the US is a plan to import gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan, which has been under discussion for years.

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It is also set to ease its import ban on goods from Burma, a key part of remaining US sanctions.

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The big growth in oil extracted from shale rock means the US will not need to import any crude within two decades, the former boss of BP has said.

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We use 21 million barrels of oil every day in the United States and import 62 percent of that -- mainly from countries that really don't like us.

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