According to the text, economists David Gould, G.L. Woodbridge, and Roy Ruffin examined the data on the relationship between increases in imports and the rate of unemployment. They found that
A) free trade leads to increased unemployment.
B) there is not a causal link between increases in imports and the rate of unemployment.
C) increases in imports always precede increases in unemployment by a period of 6 months to one year.
D) increases in unemployment always precede increases in imports by a period of 6 months to one year.

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The text states that economists David Gould, G.L. Woodbridge, and Roy Ruffin found that "there is not a causal link between increases in imports and the rate of unemployment." Therefore, option B is the correct answer. Options A, C, and D are all incorrect based on the information given in the text.

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