Britain Was the First to Adopt a Free-Trade Policy

question 18

Multiple Choice

Britain was the first to adopt a free-trade policy

• A) when it passed its "Corn Laws" in the 1840s.
• B) when it opened its markets to imported grain.
• C) when it forced the United States to eliminate most tariffs on trade.
• D) when it negotiated the Cobden-Chevalier treaty with Germany.
• E) when it adopted the gold standard.

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