Assuming that the imported articles in each of the following scenarios are the substantial cause of the result, in which scenario is it most likely that the ITC will recommend the imposition of safeguards?

Group of answer choices

a.Neither of these.

b.Both of these.

c.Xerox Corporation, the leading U.S. manufacturer of photocopiers, has experienced a 25 percent drop in total sales and profits, while Lenovo, Inc., a Chinese manufacturer of photocopiers that entered the market only one year ago, has already gained a 16 percent share of the market. Xerox has growing inventories of unsold photocopiers, although sales and profits of other manufacturers have held constant during this period.

d.Over a period of 10 years since soft toys imported from China entered the U.S. market, U.S. manufacturers have gradually seen sales their decline by 20 percent and their share of the market decline by 40 percent, while sales and market share of Chinese manufactures have steadily increased. In the last four years, U.S. manufacturers have been closing production facilities and laying off employees.