"Korean workers earn only $\$ 2.50$ an hour; if we allow Korea to export as much as it Jikes to the United States, our workers will be forced down to the same level. You can't import a $\$ 5$ shirt without importing the $\$ 2.50$ wage that goes with it." Discuss.
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