Question $17$

The most attractive way to reduce or eliminate the impact of paying tariffs on pairs imported to a company's distribution warehouse in Europe$-$Africa is to

lower the S$/$Q rating on all pairs sold in Europe$-$Africa to $2$ stars or less$--$no tariffs have to be paid on branded footwear having an S$/$Q rating of $2-$stars or below.

pursue a strategy of selling fewer pairs in Europe$-$Africa than rival companies, which will then keep the company's costs for import tariffs in Europe$-$Africa lower than those of rivals and give the company a competitive advantage based on low tariff costs on its sales in Europe$-$Africa.

build a production facility in Europe$-$Africa and then expand it as may be needed so that the company has sufficient capacity to supply all $($or at least most$)$ of the branded and private$-$label pairs the company intends to try to sell in that geographic region.

pursue a strategy of selling footwear to retailers in Europe$-$Africa at a wholesale price of $$39$ per pair or less$--$no import tariffs have to be paid on branded pairs shipped to footwear retailers in Europe$-$Africa when the wholesale price is below $$40$ per pair. withdraw from the business of selling either branded or private$-$label footwear in the Europe$-$Africa region.