"The Nation Needs to Prevent Foreign Nations from Selling Their

question 196

Multiple Choice

"The nation needs to prevent foreign nations from selling their excess goods in our nation at a price below cost so we can save American firms." This quotation would be most closely associated with which protectionist argument?

• A)increase domestic employment
• B)protection against dumping
• C)strategic trade policy
• D)cheap foreign labor

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