Recently the Russian Subsidiary of PepsiCo Needed to Import Bottling

question 15

Multiple Choice

Recently the Russian subsidiary of PepsiCo needed to import bottling equipment from the United States.However, the Russian government did not allow the company to exchange rubles for dollars, so it exported Russian vodka to the United States to earn enough dollars to import the needed equipment.This would be an example of _____.

• A)retaliation.
• B)countertrade.
• C)sanction.
• D)domestication.
• E)profit sharing.

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