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27 Sep 2019, 02:49
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Claim: Country X’s government lowered tariff barriers because doing so served the interests of powerful foreign companies.
Principle: In order for a change to be explained by the advantage some person or group gained from it, it must be shown how the interests of the person or group played a role in bringing about the change.
Which one of the following, if true, can most logically serve as a premise for an argument that uses the principle to counter the claim?
(A) Foreign companies did benefit when Country X lowered tariff barriers, but consumers in Country X benefited just as much.
(B) In the period since tariff barriers were lowered, price competition among importers has severely limited importers’ profits from selling foreign companies’ products in Country X.
(C) It was impossible to predict how Country X’s economic reforms, which included lowering tariff barriers, would affect the economy in the short term.
(D) Many of the foreign companies that benefited from Country X’s lowering tariff barriers compete fiercely among themselves both in Country X and in other markets.
(E) Although foreign companies benefited when Country X lowered tariff barriers, there is no other evidence that these foreign companies induced the change.
Principle: In order for a change to be explained by the advantage some person or group gained from it, it must be shown how the interests of the person or group played a role in bringing about the change.
Which one of the following, if true, can most logically serve as a premise for an argument that uses the principle to counter the claim?
(A) Foreign companies did benefit when Country X lowered tariff barriers, but consumers in Country X benefited just as much.
(B) In the period since tariff barriers were lowered, price competition among importers has severely limited importers’ profits from selling foreign companies’ products in Country X.
(C) It was impossible to predict how Country X’s economic reforms, which included lowering tariff barriers, would affect the economy in the short term.
(D) Many of the foreign companies that benefited from Country X’s lowering tariff barriers compete fiercely among themselves both in Country X and in other markets.
(E) Although foreign companies benefited when Country X lowered tariff barriers, there is no other evidence that these foreign companies induced the change.
15 Oct 2019, 20:05
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We are supposed to counter the claim with our assumption:-
(A) Foreign companies did benefit when Country X lowered tariff barriers, but consumers in Country X benefited just as much.
--> Though it is a possibility, but it doesn't counter the claim that Foreign companies induced the change.
(B) In the period since tariff barriers were lowered, price competition among importers has severely limited importers’ profits from selling foreign companies’ products in Country X.
-->It talks about profit of importers not of foreign companies. Low tariff doesn't necessarily means high imports
(C) It was impossible to predict how Country X’s economic reforms, which included lowering tariff barriers, would affect the economy in the short term.
-->out of scope
(D) Many of the foreign companies that benefited from Country X’s lowering tariff barriers compete fiercely among themselves both in Country X and in other markets.
--> changes doesn't affect competition.
(E) Although foreign companies benefited when Country X lowered tariff barriers, there is no other evidence that these foreign companies induced the change.
-->Here, it is clearly stated that there is no evidence that foreign companies induced the change, while accepting that companies gained from the change.
(A) Foreign companies did benefit when Country X lowered tariff barriers, but consumers in Country X benefited just as much.
--> Though it is a possibility, but it doesn't counter the claim that Foreign companies induced the change.
(B) In the period since tariff barriers were lowered, price competition among importers has severely limited importers’ profits from selling foreign companies’ products in Country X.
-->It talks about profit of importers not of foreign companies. Low tariff doesn't necessarily means high imports
(C) It was impossible to predict how Country X’s economic reforms, which included lowering tariff barriers, would affect the economy in the short term.
-->out of scope
(D) Many of the foreign companies that benefited from Country X’s lowering tariff barriers compete fiercely among themselves both in Country X and in other markets.
--> changes doesn't affect competition.
(E) Although foreign companies benefited when Country X lowered tariff barriers, there is no other evidence that these foreign companies induced the change.
-->Here, it is clearly stated that there is no evidence that foreign companies induced the change, while accepting that companies gained from the change.
22 Apr 2023, 04:25
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Bunuel
Different kind of question.
The part "logically serve as a premise" in the Question stem is the key. It is asking for an Assumption, coz that's what an assumption is - an unstated premise.
The next important part is to understand is that the Question wants us to find an assumption that uses the Principle to counter the claim.
Now, the crux of the principle is the 'how' part of it. We need an option that addresses the 'how' part of the principle. But since we need to counter the claim, we need an option that addresses the lack of the 'how' part.
Only Option E does that.
Hope it makes sense..
5 min. Among the toughest i know.
