24. Trade official: Country X deserves economic
retribution for its protectionism. However, it is
crucial that we recognize that there are
overriding considerations in this case. We should
still sell to X the agricultural equipment it
ordered: there is high demand in our country for
agricultural imports from X.
The argument depends on assuming which one of the
following principles?
(A) Agricultural components international trade
are more important than nonagricultural
commodities.
(B) The ability to keep popular products
available domestically is less important than our
being able to enter international market.
(C) We should never jeopardize the interests of
our people to punish a protectionist country.
(D) In most cases, punishing a protectionist
country should have priority over the interests
of our people.
(E) We should balance the justice of an action
with the consequences for our interests of
undertaking that action.
