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question 117

Multiple Choice

Suppose U.S.peanut butter producers are facing increased foreign competition.Which argument is least likely to be used by the U.S.firms' lobbyists to urge legislation to restrict imports of peanut butter?

• A) Peanut butter is important in military rations,so we cannot risk losing our supply of it.
• B) Foreign peanut butter is made by virtual slave labor,working in horrible conditions.
• C) Economic profits of the U.S.firms are already at a very low level.
• D) Thousands of U.S.peanut farmers face hard times without this protection against imports.

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