Which of the following justification for trade restriction has the most validity (it should benefit the country that imposes them in the economic sense) if wisely enacted? A. Imposing trade restrictions to encourage other countries to impose more stringent environmental laws. B. Imposing trade restrictions to help an infant industry. C. Imposing trade restrictions to help an industry that has very high costs of labor. D. Imposing trade restrictions because we do not benefit from trade as much as the country that we are trading with.
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