John works at an artisan chocolate shop in a midwestern town. The chocolates he sells start off as cocoa beans harvested by children working on plantations in tropical countries. The cocoa pods are processed, fermented, and dried in the country of origin and then shipped to other nations throughout the world for further processing into chocolate. The chocolate itself is then sold and transformed by artisans across the world into the confections John sells. John is best described as part of a(n)
A. production process.
B. exploitation system.
C. commodity chain.
D. consumer service.
Answer: C
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