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In a mercantilist system, a country tries to increase its _____ and decrease its ____.

A. manufacturing; agriculture
B. agriculture; manufacturing
C. exports; imports
D. imports; exports

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c. exports;imports.....

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User Brian Dishaw
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In a mercantilist system, a country tries to increase its "exports" and to decrease its "imports," since this means that the country is making more than its spending (at least in theory). 
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