Even after our own country went through massive labor upheaval and environmental challenges as we industrialized? Do as I say, not as I did? I don't think that's the kind of argument that will resonate. Hypocrisy has a way of working against you.
You can't vote in these required massive expenses for US companies and say these regulations and laws are important! You have to follow them!.... But only if you are US based companies. Non-US based companies need not apply to these massive costs we're handi-capping US companies with because we've determined they are very important to (Labor, environment, ____).
It's hypocritical to say these regulations are so important we're going to require them...but then let any company of any size complete skirt them by going overseas and completely cutting out the US labor and environmental regulations. I'm not demanding other countries adopt - that's what a tariff is for - besides a tariff on outsiders makes far more sense than taxing the US base - more than half of our budget was paid for the first 130 years of the country by tariffs. It's similar to hotel taxes. Why tax your citizens first when people visiting from out of town can just pay a massive hotel tax to cover a lot of the burden. We're doing the opposite with just 1% of our income coming from tariffs - which is roughly a 1% tax on imports. Why do we tax US companies 35% and even Trump's plan is only 15% but tax imports at 1%? Makes no sense.