In 2002, President Bush enacted a 30 percent tariff on imported steel. The primary beneficiaries of this tariff were
a. U.S. steel companies and employees.
b. U.S. automobile companies and employees.
c. foreign steel companies.
d. foreign steel workers.
e. both a and b above.
A
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Use the figure above to answer this question. Consider a perfectly competitive market experiencing good times
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