Which of the following statements by a United States corporate officer best fits the situation of United States firms as described in the passage above?
According to the passage, for certain foreign contracts United States firms can either cooperate and hope to earn a modest profit, or not cooperate, not win the contract, and earn no part of a larger profit. This is how choice B describes the situation, so choice B is the best answer. In order to earn a profit, United States firms must cooperate, so the alternatives described in several of the choices are not in practice open to them: the alternatives of a modest risk versus a full risk (choice A).,cooperation versus competition (choice C), and winning on their own versus collaborating (choice D).