East Asian nations have imposed tariffs and other trade barriers to protect their industries, but these barriers have __________ economic growth.

Question

Options:

Benefited
Encouraged
Slowed
Sped up

Answer 1

The most appropriate option to fill in the blank is "slowed."

So the complete sentence would read: "East Asian nations have imposed tariffs and other trade barriers to protect their industries, but these barriers have slowed economic growth."