Fill in the blanks in the body of the letter. Dear Editor,
When I read the article ‘Tough Trade’ in the February edition of your magazine I was very disappointed. You
complained that my country has put unfair (1) t… on imports of products from more (2) d … economies such as
the USA and the EU. You are also unhappy that we use (3) q … to restrict the import of some goods.
However, without these policies, our country would (4) s … to survive and the trading (5) p … we have would
suffer.
Your government gives (6) s … to many of its industries. This financial help means that your farms and factories
can produce goods much more cheaply than ours. How can we compete? Also, please don’t forget that until my
grandfather’s (7) g … our country was a (8) с … in your empire. We are still paying off the (9) d … that you left
behind when we finally won our freedom.
For these reasons, the trade restrictions that my government uses are (10) e … for our economy.
So please - no more complaints!