When a country's currency depreciates against the currencies of major trading partners, A. the country's exports tend to rise and imports fall. the country's exports tend to fall and imports rise the country's exports tend to rise and imports rise the country's exports tend to fall and imports fall. Foreign direct investment (FDI) occurs A. when an investor acquires a measure of control of a foreign business. when there is an acquisition, by a foreign entity in the U.S., of 10 percent or more of the voting shares of a business. with sales and purchases of foreign stocks and bonds that do not involve a transfer of control. both b and b