"From" other countries is overly broad and I assume not what you intended. I am actually interested though in the idea of legislating how frequently home owners have to actually be within range of the home, for example. A friend has had a hell of a time with a landlord in Malaysia who's never seen the property.

I'm not sure we'll get china to buy our debt if we do this

related to: Warren Buffett's Thriftville

Its even done in some US territories!