During the 1960s, U.S. steel firms argued they needed tariff protection because Germany and Japan were using new mills to make steel since their old mills were destroyed in World War II. Essentially, this argument is a form of the
A) infant-industry argument.
B) anti-dumping argument.
C) countering foreign subsidies argument.
D) national defense argument.
Answer: A
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