Claim: Country X' s government lowered tariff barriers because doing so served the interests of powerful foreign companies. Principle: In order for a change to be explained by the advantage some person or group gained from it, it must be shown how the interests of the person or group played a role in bringing about the change. Which one of the following, if true, can most logically serve as a premise for an argument that uses the principle to counter the claim?
A: Although foreign companies benefited when Country X lowered tariff barriers, there is no other evidence that these foreign companies induced the change.
B: In the period since tariff barriers were lowered, price competition among importers has severely limited importers' profits from selling foreign companies' products in Country X.
C: It was impossible to predict how Country X's economic reforms, which included lowering tariff barriers, would affect the economy in the short term.
D: Many of the foreign companies that benefited from Country X's lowering tariff barriers compete fiercely among themselves both in Country X and in other markets.
Choose A, B, C or D as your solution.
A