Countries whose economies depend on exporting their raw agricultural produce are often at a distinct disadvantage. Since the produce is unprocessed, there is no effective difference between the wheat, for example, grown in one country and the wheat grown in another. This results in fierce competition among countries to sell their undifferentiated commodities.
Which of the following can be properly inferred from the passage?
A. Countries that primarily export specialty items that are produced nowhere else have an advantage over countries that primarily export undifferentiated commodities.
B. It is in all countries’ interest to forego exporting agricultural produce.
C. As industrialized countries grow less reliant on agricultural imports, some countries will export more of their produce to these less industrialized countries.
D. Agricultural countries have no real need for advanced technology, as they can acquire industrial products through trade with more advanced countries.
E. Economically powerful countries refuse to allow other nations to process, and thus increase the value of, their exports.