No country can survive economically without heavy industry. Over the years we’ve seen heavy industry leave our Shores and go offshore allowing those countries to take on our heavy industry and prosper.
Argentina around 1900 had a standard of living which riveled the U.S. if not exceeding the U.S. standard of living. Then heavy industry started trickling out of Argentina and Argentina was only restored when an oncoming Administration realized but no country can survive economically without heavy industry and heavy industry was once again instituted within the borders of Argentina allowing it to rise again as an economic and viable country.
If you look at EPA rules in our current state of a gross lack of heavy industry to sustain our economy, you will notice that regulation in most cases has driven heavy industry to other countries with much less regulation. And that is the root cause of the problem.
And threats of 'consequences' won't make the problem go away. Government created the problem. The only peaceful way to solve the problem is for government to get its head out of its ass: quit creating problems, repeal/rescind the problems it has already created.