Economist: Countries that have free trade agreements tend to have higher GDPs. Clearly, free trade agreements cause economic growth. What flaw does this argument commit?
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A
It mistakes a correlation between two variables for a causal relationship
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B
It generalizes from an unrepresentative set of countries
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C
It uses ambiguous language to equivocate on 'growth'
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D
It appeals to the authority of economic consensus