The real threat to economic stability and national security stems from our dependence on so much being imported through a handful of ports. Our Government should be encouraging domestic production of these goods, rather than implementing policies that drive business offshore.
If a company like the big one I worked for could get their products made in MEXICO for half or less than the US labor costs and remain competitive, they would have been foolish not to opt for the lower labor costs. The stockholders would have rebelled had they failed to remain competitive.
If the world's largest corporation, Wal-Mart, insists on buying products from everywhere but the US, why is that related only to goverment policies? Oh, I know! It has to do with trade policies--NAFTA and MFN Chinese trade policies, right? Not entirely. Wal-Mart can "buy American" if they chose to do it. They had the easy choice between a big American company's and a subsidized Japanese company's products. They chose the Nips. Remember, they later insisted they always try to buy the American line of products "when possible," but nowadays they go for low labor costs every time. Show me if I'm wrong.