The argument that developing countries with lax environmental standards will attract foreign manufacturers who want to escape stricter standards in their own countries is known as
A)the pollution havens hypothesis.
B)the escape clause hypothesis.
C)the earth destruction hypothesis.
D)the environmentally destructive hypothesis.

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The argument that developing countries with lax environmental standards will attract foreign manufacturers who want to escape stricter standards in their own countries is specifically known as the pollution havens hypothesis. The other choices are not commonly used terms for this argument.

The Argument That Developing Countries with Lax Environmental Standards Will