Question

The argument that import restrictions save jobs and promote prosperity fails to recognize that:

a. there are no secondary effects of import restrictions.
b. import restrictions will lower prices in the protected industries.
c. import restrictions cannot create jobs in any industries.
d. U.S. imports provide people in other countries with the purchasing power required for the purchase of U.S. exports.

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter "B": import restrictions will lower prices in the protected industries.

Step-by-step explanation:

Import restrictions apply to specific tariff and non-tariff barriers levied by an importing nation to regulate the number of goods coming from other countries. This situation boosts domestic consumption in certain industries but the demand for those goods increases in quantity which causes the price of those products to drop.