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Question Help * A number of political leaders have expressed concern about the nation's decline as a major steel producer. Many have advocated policies to restrict imports and promote domestic production. These individuals would see their position weakened most by the knowledge that O A. the government has historically shown limited ability to promote the production of any good O B. the substitution of domestic steel for foreign steel absorbs resources that would otherwise produce goods of greater value O C. foreign governments have generally not supported/subsidized production in their countries O D. many products using steel can be produced with aluminum instead O E. steel production is a high-pollution activity. Click to select your answer PM as/201 O Type here to search ins End

Answer 1

Option B weakens the argument of domestic production of still as we can infer from statement b that the resources would be used for production of steel should have been utilised in better way to produce higher valued resources

Hence option B is correct