PT 6 S1 Q23

Although the United States steel industry faces widely publicized economic ... ...

The author of the passage refers to "Japanese integrated producers" (line 53-54) primarily in order to support the view that
(A) different economic difficulties face the steel industries of different nations
(B) ...
(C) ...
(D) ...
(E) ...

*This question is included in Practice Set: Government & Economics Mix 1