[ This has nothing to do with economic nationalism.
Wages are rising in China plus fuel prices are rising as well.
American manufacturing is increasingly competitive with Chinese exports.
A larger and larger percentage of goods will be manufactured within NAFTA taking market share from China and other Asian countries. Much of it will have enough American content to be labeled “Made in USA or Assembled in the USA.” ]
Until they start pumping out more cheaply made goods from other commie countries like Veitnam and Cambodia and Indonesia....
Even India...
There are a LOT of third world countries that can make cheap crap even if China prices itself out of OUR markets...
There have always been dirt cheap labor. In Africa for example.
But they need the whole enchilada to make it work.
Good roads, railways, ports, reliable cheap electricity. Etc
India’s manufacturing base is a joke because the power grid is off half the time for manufacturing.
Indonesia is the opposite of a commie country.
They are Muzzies that kill Commies dead.
A lot of dead Commies, particularly in the 60’s and 70’s.
North American manufacturing will be increasingly competitive for the next 20 years. After that only a fortune teller would know.
Don’t really care about European or other markets.