What did Britain hope for in unilaterally dropping customs barriers in favor of free trade?
A) that Britain could reduce the size of the prohibitively expensive Royal Navy
B) that others would follow suit and all would benefit
C) that foreign investment in British industries would increase
D) that some of their domestic manufacturing could be moved to the colonies
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