Off shoring former US factories to third world countries and importing products once made in the USA tariff free is suicidal, socially and economically.
Nope, it lets the consumer pay less for the same goods, freeing up some of their same money to buy something else, which then increases their standard of living. If someone in Japan figures out a way to make the same item cheaper and better than a U.S. company, it makes my life better to be able to buy it from there without the price being “artificially” jacked up for the sake of giving the government more unearned tax dollars.
Factories exist to deliver goods to the consumer. They don’t exist to provide jobs. If the consumer doesn’t buy the goods, they go out of business. The goal of an economy and of economic policy is allow for better goods to be delivered to the consumer for a cheaper price. The goal of someone seeking employment is to figure out what skill, good or service is in demand and deliver it. It is NO ONE’S job to pass laws stopping people from exercising their free will to exchange goods and services just to protect some special interest group from the natural results of other people’s free choices.
If you happen to work for a company that failed to compete in the free market by producing the cheapest, best product, then it’s up to you to find another company to work for. It’s not up to the government to punish the company that did it better or the person who chooses to buy from the other company.
Foreign countries are not our enemy, they are potential partners in the free exchange of ideas, goods and services. I am of course all for Trump using his leverage to stop other companies from putting tariffs on our goods.