That is a great article and I hope it reminds everyone as to why we are hurting in manufacturing jobs.
But everyone knows that China is what’s crushing our manufacturing...right? If we could just get all those trade manipulators to play by our rules and our laws why they could be just as crippled, taxed, and regulated as us and then we could all compete on a level playing field.
Send China the EPA. It is our own regulatory agencies, especially the EPA which are responsible for our industrial decline. It's overly difficult and expensive to mine, refine, and even recycle our own materials, much less manufacture anything from them with the constant moving target regulations of an agency whose motto ought to be "never enough".
That is the biggest reason China can get the job done and ship it here more cheaply than we can make it at home. Note that doesn't mean the product will be as good, it just means it will be cheaper and high quality will just cost that much more if it is made here.