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Read these sentences from the text.

"The effects of Europe’s technology … cut both ways. While trade goods offered great
advantages, the more Indians used them, the more reliant on them they became, and
thus the more leverage Europeans had in economic exchanges."

What does the phrase “cut both ways” mean here?
A were neither positive nor negative
B were mostly positive
C were mostly negative
D were both positive and negative

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User Erakitin
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D were both positive and negative
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User Mimoralea
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