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For a trade embargo against a particular country to  [#permalink] New post 01 Oct 2003, 09:59
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16. For a trade embargo against a particular country to
succeed, a high degree of both international accord
and ability to prevent goods from entering or leav-
ing that country must be sustained. A total blockade
of Patria's ports is necessary to an embargo, but
such an action would be likely to cause international
discord over the embargo.

The claims above, if true, most strongly support
which of the following conclusions?
(A) The balance of opinion is likely to favor Patria
‍in the event of a blockade.
(B) As long as international opinion is unanimously
‍against Patria, a trade embargo is likely to
‍succeed.
(C) A naval blockade of Patria's ports would ensure
‍that no goods enter or leave Patria.
(D) Any trade embargo against Patria would be
‍likely to fail at some time.
(E) For a blockade of Patria's ports to be success-
‍ful, international opinion must be unani-
mous.
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Re: CR: trade embargo [#permalink] New post 01 Oct 2003, 12:43
Vicky wrote:
16. For a trade embargo against a particular country to
succeed, a high degree of both international accord
and ability to prevent goods from entering or leav-
ing that country must be sustained. A total blockade
of Patria's ports is necessary to an embargo, but
such an action would be likely to cause international
discord over the embargo.

The claims above, if true, most strongly support
which of the following conclusions?
(A) The balance of opinion is likely to favor Patria
‍in the event of a blockade.
(B) As long as international opinion is unanimously
‍against Patria, a trade embargo is likely to
‍succeed.
(C) A naval blockade of Patria's ports would ensure
‍that no goods enter or leave Patria.
(D) Any trade embargo against Patria would be
‍likely to fail at some time.
(E) For a blockade of Patria's ports to be success-
‍ful, international opinion must be unani-
mous.


tough one!
i would say D

A ...we dont know what is the degree of discord...we only need a high degree of international accord and ability

B...nope...we also need the ability to prevent flow of goods ...also again we dont need unanimous decision..just "a high degree of unity"...

C...Wrong...we cant say that...because we dont know what is the level of international support

E...again, we dont know if we have the ability to block the flow of goods

D...i think D is best ...the "likely" part is convincing enough...it reasonable enough
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 [#permalink] New post 01 Oct 2003, 21:26
I'd vote for B.
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 [#permalink] New post 02 Oct 2003, 11:20
i would say D:

read the first part of the sentence closely:

For a trade embargo against a particular country to
succeed,

...for it to succeed two things are necesary....

and the rest of passage says that if Patria blocks its ports there will be international discord....so clearly one of the things necessary for an embargo to be successful would be missing....so the ONLY thing we can conclude with the information in the passage is that a trade embargo would fail....b/c in order to succeed we need two parameters and we are GOING to be missing one if Patria blocks its ports....

has to be D
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 [#permalink] New post 03 Oct 2003, 03:05
good show prat/guy123
Answer is D
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 [#permalink] New post 03 Oct 2003, 03:26
Employ formal logic:

If both international accord and preventing, then an embargo.
If preventing and NOT an accord, then NOT an embargo.
D matches the above.
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