For Unfair Trade to Be a Reasonable Explanation for the U.S.trade

question 39

Multiple Choice

For unfair trade to be a reasonable explanation for the U.S.trade deficit then it is reasonable that

• A) Foreign countries must have simultaneously increased trade protection in 1982.
• B) U.S. manufacturing must have experienced a sharp decline in the years preceding 1982.
• C) Foreign interest rates must have decreased the value of the U.S. dollar in 1982.
• D) Foreign countries must have simultaneously reduced trade protection in 1982.

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