Passage Summary: The rule is to lower taxes on imports to help shoppers, but never if it hurts local businesses; based on this, the government is deciding not to lower taxes on textiles.

Conclusion: The government should not reduce taxes on textile imports.

Reasoning: A principle states that import taxes should be reduced to benefit consumers unless doing so would significantly harm a domestic industry.

Analysis: To justify the conclusion that the government should *not* reduce taxes, we must satisfy the 'exception' clause of the principle. The most direct way to do this is to show that the domestic textile industry would suffer significant harm from the increased competition. Alternatively, one could show that reducing these taxes wouldn't actually benefit many domestic consumers. Look for an answer choice that provides the specific factual scenario—likely regarding industry harm—that triggers the 'never reduce' part of the rule.