The country of Boralia is among the worlds largest exporters of

In the argument given below, the part that is in boldface functions as which of the following?

The country of Boralia is among the worlds largest exporters of timber. Fearing that excessive logging is accelerating deforestation, the Boralian government plans to severely restrict logging operations. Job retraining will be provided for former loggers. Nevertheless, many of them will undoubtedly remain unemployed as a result of the restrictions, since a large drop in export revenue would weaken the Boralian economy to the point where there would be no jobs for retrained workers.

A.Background information that provides a context for the argument
B. A consideration that supports the conclusion of the argument
C. A consideration that tends to weaken the conclusion of the argument
D. A preliminary conclusion that supports the main conclusion of the argument
E. The conclusion of the argument

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