Which of the following best explains recent governmental relaxation of restrictions on cross-border trade and resource movements?
◦ Consumers increasingly want to buy goods and services produced in their own countries, making restrictions less necessary.
◦ Most countries face shortages of workers, so they seek immigrants who can help them produce more.
◦ Governments believe that domestic producers will become more efficient as a result of foreign competition.
◦ Governments believe that this will decrease the need to make their own companies more innovative.