na-adjective
comprador-like; serving foreign interests at the expense of one's own country
A political and economic term, often pejorative, describing a person or entity that acts as a local agent for foreign companies, prioritizing foreign profit over national welfare. The word is relatively rare and mainly used in critical commentary on economic dependency.
その政治家は買弁的な姿勢で外国企業に便宜を図っていると批判された。
The politician was criticized for his comprador-like attitude, giving favors to foreign companies.
Comprador-like economic policies undermine a country's independence in the long run.
買弁 is the noun 'comprador'; 買弁的 is the adjectival form meaning 'comprador-like' or 'acting as a comprador'.
From 買弁 (comprador, from Chinese 買辦) + 的 (suffix meaning '-like'). The term 'comprador' originally referred to a Chinese merchant who acted as an intermediary for Western traders in the 19th century, and later gained a pejorative political connotation.