Predatory pricing

A) is extremely hard to document in the U.S. economy today.
B) is most often practiced in the retailing industry.
C) is not legal under U.S. law but is regularly practiced by foreign firms competing in the United States.
D) is principally responsible for the decline of competition in the oil industry.


A

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