Who Does Not Want a Tariff

question 26

Multiple Choice

Who does not want a tariff?

• A) Consumers of imported goods
• B) Domestic businesses producing goods that compete with the imported goods
• C) Politicians trying to garner domestic support from the import-competing domestic industries
• D) The federal government

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