The US Government Has Threatened to Increase Tariffs on European Luxury

question 197

Multiple Choice

The U.S. government has threatened to increase tariffs on European luxury automobiles because of a trade imbalance between the United States and the European Union. For American automakers like GM and Ford, this action would reflect

• A) a reactive strategy that would harm the technological environmental force.
• B) a proactive maneuver to manipulate the social environmental force.
• C) a positive result from regulatory environmental forces.
• D) a positive response to a technological environmental force.
• E) a negative impact as a result of adverse competitive, regulatory, and technological environmental forces.

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