Why Didn't U

question 111

Multiple Choice

Why didn't U.S. tire producers support the recently enacted tariff on imported Chinese tires?

• A) Many of them manufacture tires in China.
• B) They were already earning monopoly profits.
• C) Since the union supported the tariff, they naturally had to oppose it.
• D) They wanted the government to impose an import quota rather than an import tariff.

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