>> Whose interests are served when a foreign country — whose citizens have a much lower standard of living than ours — taxes those citizens to subsidize major industries ... that sell manufactured products that the workers who make them cannot afford ... to American consumers at a steep discount? <<
American consumers benefit big time. It’s one of the first things you’ll learn in Economics 201.
I know that. I was asking the question rhetorically — as in, “Why would China even do something this stupid?” LOL.