The United States responded to Japanese aggression by dissolving its trade treaties with Japan and the following year cut off supplies of war materials by embargoing oil, steel, rubber, and other vital goods in hopes of:
A. Encourage greater economic cooperation with Japan in the hopes of deterring further aggression.
B. Maintain American diplomatic relations with both the Chinese and Japanese.
C. Applying economic pressure to Japan to deter military expansion.
D. Enable American arms buildup under the deceiving title of neutrality.