How does mercantilism work? Select one only.

Governments should regulate trade by exporting more goods than it imports.
Countries initially experience an initial drop in economic output.
Goods and services are bought and sold in the free market.
Producers are allowed to operate their businesses for profit.

Two gymnastics teams are intense rivals. the first team has started recruiting new gymnasts from different cities and even foreign countries in an effort to build a stronger team. after learning this, the second team begins its own recruitment campaign to find even better gymnasts. over a period of months, each team recruits dozens of players, each time trying to find a better recruit than its rival's most recent addition. which idea from the cold war is most similar to this scenario?