In order to pressure the government of Country S to become less repressive, some legislators in Country R want to ban all exports from R to S. βββββββββ ββ β ββββ βββββββββββ βββββββββββββββββ βββββββββ ββββ ββ ββββββββββ βββ βββ ββββββββ ββββ ββββββ ββββ βββββββ ββ βββββ ββββββββ ββββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββ βββ ββββ ββ βββ βββββββ ββββ ββ ββ ββββββββββ βββ β βββββββ ββ ββββββ ββββββββββ ββββ βββββββββββββββββ βββββββββ ββ ββββββ βββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββββ ββ ββββ ββββββββ
Telecom manufacturers in R argue that their products should be exempted from a ban on exports to S (which is meant to push S to become less repressive). In support, the manufacturers claim that when telecom equipment is widely available to a countryβs population, that country cannot remain repressive.
The manufacturersβ argument that exporting their equipment to S will help to make S less repressive requires the assumption that telecom equipment exported to S will be widely available to Sβs population. Without this assumption, there would be no link between the manufacturersβ premise and their conclusion.
Which one of the following ββ ββ ββββββββββ ββ βββββ βββ ββββββββ βββββ ββ βββ βββββββββββββ ββββββββ
The government of β βββ ββββββββ βββββββββ βββ ββββββ ββ βββββββββββββββββ βββββββββ ββ ββββββ ββ ββ ββββββββ ββββ βββ ββββββββ
The telecommunication equipment ββββ βββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββ β ββ βββ βββββββββ ββββ ββ ββ βββββββ βββββ βββ ββ βββββββββ ββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββββ βββββββββ ββ ββ
A majority of βββ βββββββ ββ βββ βββββββββββ ββ βββ βββββ βββββββββ βββββββββββββββββ βββββββββ ββββ βββ βββ ββ βββββββ ββ βββββββ ββ
Of all exports ββββ βββββ ββ ββββ ββ βββββββ ββ βββββββββββββββββ βββββββββ βββββ ββ βββ ββββ βββββββββ ββ βββββββ ββββββββ ββ β ββββββ ββββ βββββββββ ββββββββββ βββββββββββ
Without pressure from βββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββββ ββ β βββββ ββ ββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββββββββ βββ ββββββββ βββββββββββββ