What are burned overseas?

Burned overseas is when people lose their jobs or homes because something happens far away that affects them.

Imagine you have a favorite toy store in your town. It’s run by your friend's family, and they get all their toys from another country, let's say China. Now, imagine one day the whole factory in China stops working because of a big problem, like a fire or a storm. That means your friend's family can't get any more toys to sell.

Because there are no toys to sell, they might have to close the store. That means you lose your favorite toy store, and maybe your friend loses their job too! This is what happens when burned overseas affects people nearby.

Think of it like a big fire in another country, not near you, but far away. The smoke from that fire might travel across the ocean and affect your town by making things more expensive or harder to get. That’s why we say burned overseas, it's like a fire happened somewhere else, but it still burns close to home.