foreign commerce

foreign commerce
Commerce between citizens of the United States and citizens or subjects of foreign nations; every species of commercial intercourse between the United States and foreign nations, including the entrance of ships, the importation of goods and property, and the bringing of persons into the ports of the United States. 15 Am J2d Coin § 4.

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