When I reached the church steps, I looked back again. T. J. was still there, an indistinct blur blending into the gathering dusk, and I began to think that perhaps he would not go with the Simmses. But then the rude squawk of the truck's horn blasted the quiet evening, and T. J. turned his back on us and fled across the field.

How best could a reader make a text-to-self connection for this excerpt?

A by thinking about a time when one was worried about a friend’s choices
B by listening to a friend’s story about learning how to drive a truck
C by thinking about a time when one wanted to be with friends instead of family
D by listening to a story about a bad decision someone made that caused problems

Identify the trade regulation concept described in each scenario. protectionism free trade trade war country a and country b want to develop their respective export markets. both countries have highly developed agricultural, industrial, and service sectors. the countries decide to initially lower trade barriers and eventually remove them completely. arrowright country a has an agrarian economy with an emerging industrial sector. to allow domestic industries to grow, country a applies quotas on all industrial products except those that are used as resources. arrowright country a passes an economic policy that will indirectly give its own companies an advantage over country b’s companies. country b alleges that the policy violates the countries’ trade agreement and imposes retaliatory tariffs. arrowright