You are watching the nightly news. A political candidate being interviewed says, "I'm forfree trade, but it must be fair trade. If our foreign competitors will not raise theirenvironmental regulations, reduce subsidiaries to their export industries, and lowertariffs on their imports of our goods, we should retaliate with tariffs and import quotas onthere goes to show them that we won't be played for fools!" E) Is it a good policy to threaten trade restrictions in the hope that foreigngovernments will reduce their trade restrictions? Explain.

Before reaching a conclusion about the policy, it is necessary to consider the reaction of other…

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