Governments Can Make Policies That Can Help or Hinder Globalization

question 48

Multiple Choice

Governments can make policies that can help or hinder globalization. Examples of decisions that have resulted in a hindrance to globalization include all but which of the following?

• A) Spanish railways were purposefully made incompatible with France's railways.
• B) The European Union mobilized around one cell-phone standard and the U.S. another standard.
• C) Trade restrictions between China and the U.S. that were not lifted until the 1970s.
• D) Non-stop flights were implemented between the world's capital cities.

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