Select the phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same as expressed in the statement sentence.
A free-trade area is the region encompassing a trade bloc. Its member countries have signed a free-trade agreement.
1. Hence its member
2. Whose
3. However
1
Only 1
2
Only 2
3
Only 3
4
Both 1 and 3
5
Both 2 and 3