The president of auto parts of america testified before congress, urging them to limit the flow of imported automobile parts into the united states. he contended that these imports were priced lower than foreign producers were charging for them in their own countries. he believes foreign producers are:

Currently, as of february 2016, an american traveling in france would be by the exchange rate. the weakness of the euro and the strength of the us dollar means that items in france cost less to an american than they otherwise would. of course, if this trend reverses and the us dollar weakens and the euro strengthens, such as was happening in early 2008, an american traveling in france would have an adverse experience because items would cost relatively more.