Question

Nations establish trade barriers against other nations for all of the following reasons except __________. A. to discourage citizens from buying imports B. to encourage domestic businesses to meet demand C. to protect domestic companies from international competition D. to create more free trade between countries

Answer 1

Nations establish trade barriers against other nations for all of the reasons listed except for to create mrs free trade between countries (D). Trade barriers are exactly the opposite of the concepts involved in the practices of free trade. Trade barriers are methods employed to create economic protectionism, whereby countries use tariffs and quotas to restrict the "freedom" of trade or the ease and amount of goods that are allowed to be imported into their country from the international market. 

Answer 2

The answer is D. I believe.