Answer:
Although the consumer’s ability to choose plays a big part in ethical consumption, the fact remains that the way <u>manufacturers</u> produce their <u>items</u> is why the consumers have to choose in the first place.
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C. On the way to the city of Riga
The answer is the last one. It starts in past tense by saying "was" but then changes to present tense by saying "starts".