What purpose do financial incentives serve?
a) they act as trade barriers.
b) they limit imports.
c) they set standards.
d) they restrict all trade.

The correct answer is A.

When financial incentives are granted to domestic producers, these would be able to offer a product or service at a lower cost than without the monetary injection. Therefore, these domestic firms will be operating with more favourable conditions than foreign competitors in the national markets, which means that those financial incentives are acting as a trade barrier.

battle of saint-mihiel, (12–16 september 1918), allied victory and the first u.s.-led offensive in world war i. the allied attack against the saint-mihiel salient provided the americans with an opportunity to use their forces on the western front en masse.

explanation:

this forms a narrow, steep sided inlet (sometimes deeper than 1300 metres) connected to the sea. the terminal moraine pushed down the valley by the glacier is left underwater at the fjord’s entrance, causing the water at the neck of the fjord to be shallower than the main body of the fjord behind it.