America has neither the manufacturing to produce so much of what China is streamlines to produce, nor the people willing to work as hard for less.
I think China knew that we would not have won 2 world wars without its massive manufacturing ability, and took it away in the name of free trade.
America has a cost of living problem as well as a lawsuit problem. Our people are every bit as reasonable as anyone elses but I think we have gotten to the point that we need to plug the leaks in our system.