Under the Articles of Confederation, Each State Was Free to Conduct

Under the Articles of Confederation, each state was free to conduct its own international trade policy. This meant which of the following?

A) Foreign governments and merchants could exploit competition among the states to negotiate profitable trade agreements.
B) States could exploit competition among themselves to negotiate profitable trade agreements with other states.
C) Foreign governments rarely traded with the states.
D) Foreign governments and merchants could not exploit competition among the states or easily negotiate profitable trade agreements.