The Danger of Using the National Defense Argument to Protect

question 139

Multiple Choice

The danger of using the national defense argument to protect domestic industries necessary to wage war is that

• A)it has no validity on noneconomic grounds.
• B)it is unrelated to the United States' ability to wage war.
• C)other nations will retaliate with tariffs against U.S.producers of war material.
• D)industries with only the most peripheral relationship to defense are likely to invoke this argument on their behalf.