A growing trend to "Buy American" has caused U.S. automakers to increase political pressure on Washington to pass legislation for more restrictive quotas on Japanese car imports. In addition, a decline in the value of the U.S. dollar would be instrumental in Toyota's decision to build a manufacturing plant in the United States instead of continuing to export cars from Japan. If Toyota builds the plant, its decision would reflect
a. a reactive strategy that would impact the competitive environmental force.
b. a proactive maneuver to manipulate and impact the social environmental force.
c. a positive result from regulatory and economic environmental forces.
d. a positive response to a technological environmental force.
e. a negative impact as a result of adverse competitive, regulatory, and technological environmental forces.
Answer: C