Narrative 7-1 India Has the Fastest-Growing Demand for Consumer Products in the in the World

Multiple Choice

Narrative 7-1
India has the fastest-growing demand for consumer products in the world. In recent years,Coca-Cola attempted to enter the Indian market once again. Coca-Cola's first attempt to enter the Indian market a decade earlier was grossly mismanaged,which led to the company losing 20 billion Indian rupees. In that first attempt,Coca-Cola purchased Thumbs Up,the leading India-based carbonated soft drink. The company hoped to replace Thumbs Up with Coke while maintaining the Thumbs Up distribution strategy. For its return to the market,Coca-Cola built five plants,cut costly staff,revamped transport,shrunk bottles,and made the bottles lighter to increase a truck's carrying capacity. It also increased its number of distributors and dumped a global advertising campaign that proved irrelevant to the Indian market.
-Refer to Narrative 7-1. Why is Coca-Cola called a multinational company?

A) It owns businesses in more than one country. 
B) It is not affected by protectionism. 
C) It is able to avoid trade barriers. 
D) It pays no tariffs.