American trade policies tend to Question 2 options: hurt most Americans by increasing the costs of consumer goods and by creating incentives for companies to relocate jobs to foreign countries hurt most Americans by increasing the costs of consumer goods but benefit workers in some industries by creating incentives for companies to pay higher wages have very little impact on the price of consumer goods or the incentives companies face to relocate jobs to foreign countries benefit most Americans by reducing the cost of consumer goods but hurt workers in some industries by creating incentives for companies to relocate jobs to foreign countries