China already makes airplanes and heavy equipment. We do it better. And we aren't going to help our airplane and heavy equipment industries by penalizing them to protect shoe makers and t-shirt makers.
Personally, it does not bother me that the shoe makers and t-shirt makers aren't coming back. Keep in mind that China did not drive our shoe makers and t-shirt makers out of business. We haven't had those industries for decades. The Chinese are competing more against the Mexicans and Indonesians than they are against Americans.
If China ever decides to cut off our supply of shoes and t-shirts, I'm sure we will have no difficulty resurrecting those industries.
GE is setting up facilities in China with the agreement that they must be manned with Chinese workers and that the technology is shared (and stolen by) the Chinese. World class facilities are being built to build machine tools, aerospace, power generation, etc. The multinational corporations are selling us down the river so that a few CEO's can become billionaires. Manufacturing creates a trickle down effect on the economy. You buy a widget, the widget maker buys machines and material, the machine builder buys machinery and material......The Wal-Mart and service economy creates no wealth or trickle down economic developement. The only way to save this country is to have a revolution and throw the two partys out of office.