For a speech assignment, you find several articles on the Internet that are perfect for your speech topic. You copy the articles, then cut and paste the parts that you'll include in your speech verbatim. You make no mention of where you found the information. Is this ethical?
a. Yes, you are exercising your right to free speech.
b. No, because you committed patchwork plagiarism.
c. Yes, all the information on the Internet is public domain.
d. No, because you didn't cite your sources for the information.

d. No, because you didn't cite your sources for the information.                

Explanation:

In ethical speech making, failure to cite or identify your source of information is plagiarism, when preparing a speech, it is necessary to give credit to the source of your information via referencing. Failure to cite the source of your information can result in loss of credibility and the speaker can also be sued.

trade regulation is a field of law, often bracketed with antitrust (as in the phrase “antitrust and trade regulation law”), including government regulation of unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive business acts or practices. antitrust law is often considered a subset of trade regulation law. franchise and distribution law, consumer protection law, and advertising law are sometimes considered parts of trade regulation law.

in general the theory of economics says that the more open to trade a country is the better   the result for the same country and the whole economies.

in real life countries impose taxes, quotas, etc which is not so good for the economies.

this kind of commercial war between the usa and china is slowing down the growth of the whole world so we can say that it is a draw back of trade regulations. and the free trade agreements are benefits of trade regulations.

you should think about the answers you give and expect the same form your questions.