From a letter to the commercial editor of a newspaper: Your

(C)Economic goals versus political goals

Hello, guys

OA is A.

Anybody explain it?

I thought it was E because when it comes to free market the import duties hardly some into picture and the journal/whatever is justified in atleast tending towards such an economy.

Is that away from what was asked ?

Paul please provide your analysis.

Thanks

This is a hard one for me too. I have to use POE for this, I think.

The argument:
Fact: Playland has large balance of payment deficit
Fact: Trade treaty between P and W requires lowering of P's import duties and will make worse of P's balance of trade.
Conclusion: The treaty should not be supported.

Ask for weakening.

(A)Import diversion versus import creation.
Not sure.

(B)Prices paid by importers versus prices paid by consumers
Lowering of prices by importers and consumers is a good thing. However it doesn't solve the trade balance problem.

(C)Economic goals versus political goals
Not sure.

(D) Duties levied increase government revenue
Duties levid increase government revenue, therefore less import duties means less gov revenue, making the BOP even worse. Support the argument.

(E)Free trade versus protectionism
Not sure. Seems out of scope since the argument is not really about protecting domestic industries.

In the end I was able to eliminate only two choices with confidence, and a third one with reluctance. Choose from (A) and (C), it seems that (A) directly talks about the issue of trade while the other is a little out of scope. So I would pick (A).

Assuming P has to rely only on imports, by reducing the taxes on import from W, P can consolidate the buying power and can bargain, because of its buying power.

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