1.   At the same time, barring foreigners from access to forward markets can restrict investment by making it harder for foreign companies to hedge their foreign-exchange risk.

2.   ---Bar foreigners from making contributions to federal, state or local elections.

3.   Brown insists he is Mexican, an important distinction because Mexico bars foreigners from owning land close to the coast or the border.

4.   Foreigners are barred from directly owning Class A shares, which are denominated in Chinese yuan.

5.   Foreigners have been barred from entering the towns, and where foreign reporters have managed to enter, they have done so at great risk.

6.   Japan vowed to ease regulations barring foreigners from insuring Japanese-registered ships and to scrap a requirement forcing foreign life insurers to hold yen-denominated assets.

7.   Philippine law bars foreigners from owning shares of media and retailers.

8.   Rules barring foreigners from operating aviation maintenance shops have kept them out of the market so far.

9.   The constitution bars foreigners from participating actively in Mexican politics.

10.   Under Peruvian law, foreigners are barred from holding a majority share in local media companies.