By 1992, the European Community

question 36

Multiple Choice

By 1992, the European Community

• A) transacted one-quarter of the world's commerce.
• B) had a population of 100 million.
• C) had become a true United States of Europe, politically as well as economically.
• D) still faced the challenge of each member nation using high tariffs to protect its own population from competition from other member states.
• E) disintegrated due to the revival of hyper-nationalism.

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