ManyUnitedStatescompanieshave,unfortunately,madethesearchforlegalprotectionfromimportcompetitionintoamajorlineofwork.Since1980theUnitedStatesinternationalTradeCommission(IT C)hasreceivedabout280complaintsallegingdamagefromimportsthatbenefitfromsubsidiesbyforeigngovernments.Another340chargethatforeigncompanies“dumped”theirproductsintheeUnitedStatesat“lessthanfairvalue.”Evenwhennounfairpracticesarealleged,thesimpleclaimthatanindustryhasbeeninjuredbyimportsissufficientgroundstoseekrelief. Contrarytothegeneralimpression,thisquestforimportreliefhashurtmorecompaniesthanithashelped.Ascorporationsbegintofunctionglobally,theydevelopanintricatewebofmarketing,production,andresearchrelationships.Thecomplexityoftheserelationshipsmakesitunlikelythatasystemofimportrelieflawswillmeetthestrategicneedsofalltheunitsunderthesameparentcompany,№.SupposeaUnitedStates-ownedcompanyestablishesanoverseasplanttomanufactureaproductwhileitscompetitormakesthesameproductintheUnitedStates.Ifthecompetitorcanproveinjuryfromtheimports-andthattheUnitedStatescompanyreceivedasubsidyfromaforeigngovernmenttobuilditsplantabroad-theUnitedStatescompany’sproductswillbeuncompetitiveintheUnitedStates,sincetheywouldbesubjecttoduties. PerhapsthemostbrazeneaseoccurredwhentheITCinvestigatedallegationsthatCanadiancompanieswereinjuringtheUnitedStatessaltindustrybydumpingrocksalt,usedtode-iceroads.ThebizarreaspectofthecomplaintwasthataforeignconglomeratewithUnitedStatesoperationswascryingforhelpagainstaUnitedStatescompanywithforeignoperations.The“UnitedStates”companyclaiminginjurywasasubsidiaryofaDutchconglomerate,whilethe“Canadian”companiesincludedasubsidiaryofaChicagofirmthatwasthesecond-largestdomesticproducerofrocksalt. Thelastparagraphperformswhichofthefollowingfunctionsinthepassage?
A.It summarizes the discussion thus far and suggests additional areas of research.
B.It presents a recommendation based on the evidence presented earlier.
C.It cites a specific case that illustrates a problem presented more generally in the previous paragraph.
D.It introduces an additional area of concern not mentioned earlier.
正确答案是C