During growth years, foreign imports to japan were more costly than domestic products because of factory efficiency trade imbalances recession tariffs

The answer is "a"

(context) a tariff is a tax by the government whenever a product is imported. they do this to help keep domestic factories from competition.

(more context) In economics, a recession is a type of  business cycle contraction which results in a general slowdown in economic activity, but if this were the case then it would be extremely hard to make products domestically to

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