Our flexibility to implement tariffs is shackled by a web of treaties and MFN status for China and other countries
We can drop out of WTO and NAFTA at any time. No treaty is forever. I would love it if we became a country with less trade. We can do most of it at home. Our only true addiction is to Asian electronics. We should drop out and reverse engineer their shit. The present level of tech development is good enough for me.
China should not sell us anything for 10 years. We have a huge backlog of “stuff”. I see it at flea markets and garage sales. We can repair the stuff we have and this will provide zillions of jobs