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> What you can't do is start a side business where you become a company's competitor by finding another country where prices are low enough that you can buy bul
by danparsonson 14y ago
> What you can't do is start a side business where you become a company's competitor by finding another country where prices are low enough that you can buy bulk and import into the US for less than the US price
Why not? That's the free market economy at work isn't it? How is this different to off-shoring production and supply sourcing to save money?
- mseebach 14y agoBecause the law says so. I'm all for changing the law, but that's just not what this case is about.
- hn_is_vile 14y agoYou will need to cite which law says so. If a business decides to import books published in Thailand by Thai publishers into the US, does the law prevent them from doing so? And if it does, could not the importer take the US to the WTO for a ruling that this was a trade barrier? What if an American living in Thailand purchased books in the US, imported them into Thailand and sold them at a profit? Would that also be illegal under this law?