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# Foreign Market

## Definition

International markets outside a country's borders where domestic producers
sell goods to foreign buyers, often subject to different competitive
conditions and trade regulations.

## Source Chapter

Book IV, Chapter 5

## Context

Smith discusses how bounties artificially expand foreign markets at the
expense of the home market, arguing that this misallocation of resources
ultimately harms national prosperity.

## Economic Domain

Exchange

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