Five Trends in the Past Decade Have Significantly Influenced the Landscape

question 95

Multiple Choice

Five trends in the past decade have significantly influenced the landscape of global marketing. One of them is

• A)an increase in economic protectionism and a decline free trade.
• B)a more aggressive attitude toward initiating international tariffs and quota systems.
• C)a decrease in most countries' GDP and a renewal of nationalism.
• D)the emergence of networked global marketspace.
• E)an increase in most countries' GDP coupled with an increased degree of consumer ethnocentrism.

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