When no weapons of mass destruction were found following the u. s. invasion of iraq, some americans revised their memories of the main rationale for going to war. the text author suggests that we can best explain why people changed their memories in terms of:

The correct word to fill the blank space is cognitive dissonance theory.

Explanation:

Cognitive dissonance theory is the tendency of individuals to seek consistency about their thoughts, ideas or opinions. In this case, some Americans decided to revise and research the main reasons for going to war after no weapons of mass destruction were founded in Iraq during the invasion.

trade regulation is a field of law, often bracketed with antitrust (as in the phrase “antitrust and trade regulation law”), including government regulation of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive business acts or practices. antitrust law is often considered a subset of trade regulation law. franchise and distribution law, consumer protection law, and advertising law are sometimes considered parts of trade regulation law.

in general the theory of economics says that the more open to trade a country is the better   the result for the same country and the whole economies.

in real life countries impose taxes, quotas, etc which is not so good for the economies.

this kind of commercial war between the usa and china is slowing down the growth of the whole world so we can say that it is a draw back of trade regulations. and the free trade agreements are benefits of trade regulations.

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