One reason that U.S. exports of commercial services have increased steadily over the past 25 years is that

A) European and Asian nations have shown little interest in developing their own commercial services sectors.
B) the United States has made significant investments in new information technologies.
C) the U.S. government owns and operates most of the economy's service sector.
D) the U.S. economy operates like one big corporation.


Answer: B

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