A growing trend to "Buy American" has caused U.S.automakers to increase political pressure on Washington to pass legislation for more restrictive quotas on Japanese car imports.In addition,a decline in the value of the U.S.dollar would be instrumental in Toyota's decision to build a manufacturing plant in the United States instead of continuing to export cars from Japan.If Toyota builds the plant,its decision would reflect
A)a reactive strategy that would impact the competitive environmental force.
B)a proactive maneuver to manipulate and impact the social environmental force.
C)a positive result from regulatory and economic environmental forces.
D)a positive response to a technological environmental force.
E)a negative impact as a result of adverse competitive,regulatory,and technological environmental forces.

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Toyota's decision to build a manufacturing plant in the United States would be a positive result from regulatory and economic environmental forces. The "Buy American" trend and pressure from U.S. automakers for more restrictive quotas on Japanese car imports are examples of regulatory environmental forces, while the decline in the value of the U.S. dollar is an economic environmental force. By building a plant in the United States, Toyota would be able to mitigate some of these pressures and potentially benefit from incentives and subsidies provided by the U.S. government.

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