Question 4 of 10 In 1996, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled that the U. S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation calling for cleaner gasoline
discriminated against foreign producers and violated WTO agreements. The
EPA was forced to rewrite the rule to allow for dirtier gasoline. How did the
revision most likely affect gas consumers in the United States?
A. Gas consumers had to endure higher gas prices because of the
cost of the technology to clean the gasoline.
B. Gas consumers had to endure higher gas prices that resulted from
dirtier foreign gasoline in the United States.
C. Gas consumers in the United States had to deal with the negative
impact of greater pollution caused by the dirtier gasoline.
D. Gas consumers in the United States benefited from the sale and
use of cleaner gasoline.