Four trends in the past decade have significantly influenced the landscape of global marketing. One of them is:
A. an increase in economic protectionism and a decline in free trade.
B. a more aggressive attitude towards initiating international tariffs and quota systems.
C. a decrease in most countries' GDPs and a renewal of nationalism.
D. global competition among global companies for global customers.
E. an increase in most countries' GDPs coupled with an increased degree of consumer ethnocentrism.
Answer: D. global competition among global companies for global customers.