【OG24-494题】The author asserts which of the following about Arboria's trade policy?_mofa留学圈mofaGRE在线题库系统_GRE在线搜题_GRE题库解析_GRE真题机经_GRE课程_GRE培训机构

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Arboria is floundering in the global marketplace, incurring devastating losses in market position and profits. The problem is not Arboria's products, but Arboria's trade policy. Arboria faces the prospect of continuing economic loss until Arborian business and political leaders recognize the fundamental differences between Arborian and foreign economic systems. Today the key trade issue is not free trade versus protectionism but diminishing trade versus expanding trade.

Arboria is operating with an obsolete trade policy, an artifact of the mid-1940s when Arboria and Whorfland dominated the global economy, tariffs were the principal obstacle to trade, and Arborian supremacy was uncontested in virtually all industries. In the intervening decades, economic circumstances have shifted radically. Arborian trade policy has not.

Today, Arboria's trade policy seems paralyzed by the relentless conflict between proponents of “free” and “fair” trade. The free traders argue that Arborian markets should be open, and the movement of goods and services across national borders unrestrained. The fair traders assert that access to Arborian markets should be restricted until Arborian businesses are granted equal access to foreign markets. They contend that free trade is impossible while other nations erect barriers to Arborian exports.

Both are correct: fair trade requires equal access and equal access leads to free trade. But both sides base their positions on the same two outdated premises:

1. Global commerce is conducted under the terms of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and dominated by Arboria and similar economic systems abroad.

2. Multilateral negotiations are the most effective way to resolve pressing trade issues.

Both assumptions are wrong. The 40-year-old GATT now covers less than 7 percent of global commerce. World trade is no longer dominated by the free-trade economies; nearly 75 percent is conducted by economic systems operating with principles at odds with those of Arboria. Forging a multilateral trade policy consensus among so many diverse economic systems has become virtually impossible. And while multilateral talks drag on, Arboria misses opportunities for trade expansion.

The author asserts which of the following about Arboria's trade policy?

A dramatic revision of Arboria's trade policy will be necessary unless Arborian manufacturers improve the quality of their goods. The most crucial issue facing Arborian trade policymakers is that of free trade versus protectionism. Arboria's current trade policy was essentially developed during the 1940s and has changed little since that time. Arboria's trade policy is widely emulated throughout the world, to the extent that most international commerce is modeled on Arboria's principles. Arboria's trade policy has evolved gradually over the last eighty years, constantly readjusting itself in response to shifts in global commerce.

正确答案： C

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Arboria在全球市场处境艰难，问题出在贸易政策而非产品。当前关键贸易问题是贸易萎缩还是扩张，而非自由贸易与保护主义之争。Arboria的贸易政策过时，源于20世纪40年代中期，之后经济环境巨变但政策未变。如今其贸易政策因“自由”和“公平”贸易倡导者之间的冲突而陷入瘫痪，双方观点都基于两个过时前提。 文章类型及逻辑简图
文章类型为问题分析型。逻辑简图： Arboria's problem: floundering in global market due to trade policy Outdated trade policy: from mid 1940s, unchanged while economic circumstances shifted Current conflict: between "free" and "fair" traders, both based on outdated premises 做题方法及问题类型
这是一道细节题，通过定位文中关于Arboria贸易政策的描述来解题，定位提示句子为“Arboria is operating with an obsolete trade policy, an artifact of the mid 1940s... Arborian trade policy has not.”。 选项分析
A选项：文中未提及产品质量与贸易政策修订的关系，无中生有，排除。 B选项：文中明确说关键贸易问题是贸易萎缩还是扩张，而非自由贸易与保护主义之争，与原文不符，排除。 C选项：“Arboria is operating with an obsolete trade policy, an artifact of the mid 1940s”表明当前贸易政策基本形成于20世纪40年代且之后变化不大，该选项正确。 D选项：文中未提及Arboria的贸易政策在世界范围内被广泛效仿，无中生有，排除。 E选项：原文说政策过时，未随全球商业变化而调整，而不是逐渐演变并不断调整，与原文不符，排除。

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