Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine the neutral choice based on your inference from the statement and your commonsense knowledge. The neutral choice is a sentence that neither agrees nor disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3', corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence. If sentence X agrees with sentence Y, one's correctness follows from the other one. If sentence X disagrees with sentence Y, they can not be correct at the same time.
Input: Statement: However, the sale of assets to foreigners can affect the nation's ability to consume and invest. Choices: 1. Also, locals don't like selling their assets to foreigners.  2. Selling assets to foreigners doesn't affect the nation whatsoever.  3. The nation's ability to consume and invest can be affected by foreigners buying assets.

1