Growth Rates in Brazil and Other Latin American Countries Have

Growth rates in Brazil and other Latin American countries have actually been slower since the trade liberalization of the late 1980s than they were during import- substituting industrialization

A) proves that export promoting trade policy leads to relatively rapid economic growth.
B) proves that trade policy is the most important policy area for promotion of economic development.
C) proves that exports help growth,whereas imports impede growth.
D) proves that a free- trade orientation of trade policy results in rapid economic growth.
E) does not prove that trade liberalization always leads to rapid economic growth.