Brazil enforces a number of strict international and domestic protecti

Brazil enforces a number of strict international and domestic protections to ensure that the value of medicinal plants found in Brazilian rainforest will directly benefit Brazil. Such protections often cause difficulties for foreign companies trying to patent samples taken from the Brazilian rainforest. Brazil could benefit more from the value of its rainforests and future medications if it loosened these protections.

Premise: Strict international & domestic protections - directly benefit Brazil - S & D protection - Cause difficulties - Patent - Foreign companies.
Conclusion: Loose protections - Take benefits

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the claim about the benefits of loosening the protections?

A. International environmental activists oppose the exploitation of the rain forest.
Explanation: Not relevant but the intervention of environmental activists will only lead to complications and this would result in strengthening S & D protection. - INCORRECT

B. Current international protections are not in place for the long term; most such agreements expire within 10 years.
Explanation: What happens after expiration? Does it get renewed? If yes, S & D will take place and it will not benefit Brazil - INCORRECT

C. Middle- and Lower-class Brazilians do not benefit nearly as much from these protections as do business people and government agents.
Explanation: So what?


D. Under current protections, foreign companies are hesitant to invest resources they have at their disposal to identify medicinal plants in the Brazilian rainforest.
Explanation: Exactly, so loosing the protections will benefit the country - CORRECT

E. Among countries that include large amounts of rainforest, Brazil does not have the most restrictive protections in place.
Explanation: IRRELEVANT

Thank you

Can somebody explain why C is incorrect?
Middle- and Lower-class Brazilians MIGHT also benefit if the restrictions are removed. Which Might help the country overall

Option D just says that foreign companies will invest in the country. But that doesn't mean overall benefit of Brazil, since the companies could make more money from the samples taken from brazil, which might cause loss of diversity/ competitiveness of the forests in brazil overall and hence not lead to any benefits

Just investing into the country wouldnt guarantee benefits right? There could be ulterior benefits?