A Major Difficulty with the Argument That Trade Barriers Are

question 324

Multiple Choice

A major difficulty with the argument that trade barriers are necessary because foreign workers are paid low wages is that

• A) labor costs and product prices are not related.
• B) there is no discernible relationship between wage rates and labor productivity.
• C) wage rates and labor productivity are directly related.
• D) wage rates and labor productivity are inversely related.

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