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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 But both sides base their positions on the same two outdated premises: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 passage is primarily concerned with

illustrating the erosion of Arboria's position in the world marketplace examining the differences between “free” and “fair” traders advocating a reassessment of Arboria's trade policy criticizing the terms of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) comparing the different economic circumstances of Arboria's trade partners

正确答案： C

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文章大意逻辑
文章指出Arboria在全球市场陷入困境，问题出在贸易政策而非产品。其贸易政策过时，是20世纪40年代中期的产物，当时Arboria和Whorfland主导全球经济。如今经济形势巨变但政策未变，其贸易政策受“自由贸易”和“公平贸易”倡导者冲突影响。双方虽都有道理，但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 marketplace due to trade policy Outdated trade policy: artifact of mid 1940s, economic circumstances changed but policy not Conflict in trade policy: "free" and "fair" traders Premises problem: both sides' positions based on outdated premises 做题方法及问题类型
这是一道主旨题，做题方法是通过梳理文章整体内容，把握核心观点。 选项分析
A选项：“illustrating the erosion of Arboria's position in the world marketplace”，文章重点不是阐述Arboria在世界市场地位的侵蚀，而是贸易政策问题，所以A错。 B选项：“examining the differences between ‘free’ and ‘fair’ traders”，只是文章部分内容，非主旨，B错。 C选项：“advocating a reassessment of Arboria's trade policy”，文章指出贸易政策过时等问题，意在倡导重新评估，C对。 D选项：“criticizing the terms of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)”，文章未重点批评GATT条款，D错。 E选项：“comparing the different economic circumstances of Arboria's trade partners”，文章未着重比较贸易伙伴经济状况，E错。

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