A decrease in the U.S. balance-of-payments surplus results when

a. Canadian citizens increase their shopping trips to the United States.
b. more U.S. citizens vacation in Chile.
c. French citizens stop buying Perrier and start buying U.S. mineral water instead.
d. the United States sells oil-drilling equipment to China.


b. more U.S. citizens vacation in Chile.

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