The United States was unable to maintain its dominance in the production of televisions because:
A)the highly technical skills necessary to produce televisions are greater in other countries.
B)the raw materials necessary to build televisions became scarce in the United States.
C)the product designs evolved too rapidly for engineers in the United States to keep up.
D)automated techniques allowed production to be outsourced to countries with less-skilled workers.

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When television production required highly-paid and highly-skilled workers, the United States had a comparative advantage in producing televisions, but once production became automated, less-skilled workers in low-wage countries could produce televisions at a lower cost.

The United States Was Unable to Maintain Its Dominance in the Production