separate sentence.
> I think, also, that the point might be that there is a US
> ban on
> imports from Myanmar - not a Myanmar ban on exports to the
> US. At
> least, that's how I read it.
>> > Subject: English Question
>> >
>> >
>>
>> > In the following quote from an article in the NYT, does
>> > the author
>> > mean "their exports to" for the word, "imports"? Or is
>> > that proper
>> > American English? It sounds confusing to me. Thanks.
>> >
>>
>> > "The State Department estimates that Myanmar lost about
>> > $200 million
>> > in the first year of the ban on imports to the United
>> > States."
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