Typically, labor unions favor trade restrictions because
a. the quality of imported goods that workers buy are poor.
b. the lower prices of the imported goods results in a decrease in the demand for domestic goods and the labor that produces them
c. foreign workers would have to be paid the same wage as domestic workers.
d. it means more revenue for the government.
e. the restrictions lower the prices of the imported goods that workers buy.
B
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