(Table: United States and China Production per Worker in Apparel, Textiles, and Wheat in 2014) In the upper part of the table, the productivity of workers in the textile and apparel sectors is given for the United States and China. The table shows that the United States has an absolute advantage in:
A) textile manufacturing.
B) apparel manufacturing.
C) neither textile nor apparel manufacturing.
D) both textile and apparel manufacturing.

Question

(Table: United States and China Production per Worker in Apparel, Textiles, and Wheat in 2014) In the upper part of the table, the productivity of workers in the textile and apparel sectors is given for the United States and China. The table shows that the United States has an absolute advantage in: 
A) textile manufacturing. 
B) apparel manufacturing. 
C) neither textile nor apparel manufacturing. 
D) both textile and apparel manufacturing.

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The United States has a higher productivity per worker in both textile and apparel manufacturing compared to China, indicating that the United States has an absolute advantage in both sectors.

(Table: United States and China Production Per Worker in Apparel