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After a Pair of Wars in the Late Seventeenth and Early

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After a pair of wars in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, French-British relations decayed to the point that England began putting high tariffs on French wines. A large part of the support for this law came from British brewers and distillers who feared the return of French competition after the wars. These tariffs help explain why, to this day, the English prefer beer over wine. Of the arguments against free trade, which seems most likely to apply here, given the information provided?


A) saving domestic jobs
B) preventing child labor
C) the importance of national security
D) alcohol being a "key industry"

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