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Think of all the jobs that depend on this business. Think of the wages that people earn (tea pickers in India) and the profits that are made as the tea is sold, resold, shipped, imported, packed and sold again).

All over the world people's lives are dependent on these links.

Third World countries tend to rely on natural resources such as minerals or on agriculture to make money. The economy of some countries relies heavily on a few main products (coffee, tin or sugar for example). If the price of these products drops, the livelihood of thousands of people can be put at risk.

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