Your coworker Shen is really concerned about a project that he has just been assigned. He is in charge of analyzing and determining conditions in the market for televisions from an extensive sales report. If Shen's boss is interested in a graphical representation of the relationship between the price and quantity of televisions demanded, you would advise your coworker to construct using the data provided.

Which of the following best explains the purpose of protectionist trade policies such as tariffs and subsidies? a. they make sure that governments have enough money to pay for fiscal policies. b. they give foreign competitors access to new markets around the world. c. they allow producers to sell their products more cheaply than foreign competitors. d. they enable producers to purchase productive resources from everywhere in the world.