Which is a valid counterargument to the call for higher tariffs to save u. s. jobs? imports may eliminate some u. s. jobs, but they create others, so they may have little or no effect on employment. u. s. firms and workers must be protected from the ruinous competition of nations where wages for workers are low. strategic trade policy calls for equal treatment of all trading nations so that they will have the same competitive conditions. they are needed to protect u. s. workers from the dumping of foreign products?