To protect certain fledgling industries, the government of Country Z banned imports of the types of products those industries were starting to make. As a direct result, the cost of those products to the buyers, several export-dependent industries in Z, went up, sharply limiting the ability of those industries to compete effectively in their exports markets.
Which of the following conclusions about Country Z's adversely affected export-dependent industries is best supported by the passage?
(A) Profit margins in those industries were not high enough to absorb the rise in costs mentioned above.
(B) Those industries had to contend with the fact that other countries banned imports from Country Z
(C) Those industries succeeded in expanding the domestic market for their products.
(D) Steps to offset rising material costs by decreasing labor costs were taken in those industries.
(E) Those industries started to move into export markets that they had previously judged unprofitable.
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Questions that ask you to draw a conclusion, or to find the answer that is best supported by the passage are inference questions. The right answer to such questions is the one that can be proven from the premises alone, without the need for additional assumptions.
The answer is A. I go through the question in detail in the full solution below (taken from the GMATFix App).
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The answer is A. I go through the question in detail in the full solution below (taken from the GMATFix App).
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