Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 105

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
Figure: Foreign Trade Market
-If quotas on sugar were eliminated in the United States, domestic production of sugar would fall. Why is this a benefit in economic terms for the United States?
I. Resources are freed up that could be used more efficiently elsewhere.
II. It is beneficial because it allows foreign producers of sugar to earn income and thus those countries are better off.
III. U.S. consumers are able to enjoy increased consumer surplus because of the lower prices of imported sugar.

• A) I and II only
• B) I and III only
• C) II and III only
• D) I, II, and III

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