In Addition to About 11,000 Trade Regulations That Specify How

question 152

Multiple Choice

In addition to about 11,000 trade regulations that specify how goods are to be made and marketed,Japanese car safety rules effectively require all automobile replacement parts to be Japanese.Rules like these often function as

• A) economic infrastructure.
• B) trade barriers.
• C) universal codes.
• D) binding requirements.
• E) targets for bribery.

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