Read the Following Excerpt Before Answering the Next Question

question 55

Multiple Choice

Read the following excerpt before answering the next question. I spent a lot of time working on globalization when I was president,coming to terms with the fundamental fact of interdependence that goes far beyond economics: open borders,easy travel,easy immigration,free flow of money as well as people,products,and services.I tried to figure out how to maximize the dynamism of global interdependence and still broaden its impact in terms of economics and opportunity.The one thing that I am quite sure of is that interdependence is not a choice,it's not a policy,it is the inevitable condition of our time.So,divorce is not an option....
Therefore,the mission of the moment clearly is to build up the positive and reduce the negative forces of global interdependence in a way that enables us to keep score in the right way.Are people going to be better off,will our children have a better chance,will we be more united than divided?
Former President Bill Clinton,speech at Guildhall,London,2006
The speech above was most likely written in response to the

• A) spread of computer technology and the Internet.
• B) debates about national identity brought about by demographic changes in the United States.
• C) policy debates over free-trade agreements.
• D) increasing economic inequality in the United States.

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