1.   Consumers buy foreign goods because they believe that British-made goods are inferior.

2.   We import foreign manufactured goods.

3.   Japan may have to open up its domestic markets so that consumers can buy foreign goods steadily to shrink the hefty surpluses, he added.

4.   And neither European consumers nor corporations have the same lust for foreign imported goods that helped pull Asian countries out of crisis two years ago.

5.   And Mexican consumers will suffer from higher prices of foreign goods.

6.   And the counterfeiting of foreign goods is rampant in technology, clothing, and electronic goods.

7.   Any devaluation would raise the price of imports, hurting companies that use foreign goods and fueling inflation.

8.   As Canadians see it, Washington abuses anti-dumping and countervailing duties to unfairly hobble foreign goods that compete successfully against American products.

9.   As Americans get richer, though, they tend to spend more on foreign goods, from Japanese electronics to German cars, he said.

10.   As Americans spot bargains in foreign goods, U.S.-made products are becoming more costly to Europeans and others.