Free trade where it destroys the means of production in your country so that you cannot guarantee the security or safety of your country in the case of an embargo is probably NOT where we want to be.
Make sure we export all of our means of production of steel and other important material in event of a war.
See what happens next.
It is a matter of sovereignty and security.
I am happy to pay extra for a pair of sneakers, thanks.
Me, too. Or boots. I have noticed that Chinese made shoes or work boots do not provide support to the right parts of my feet, and it caused some foot problems for a while. Podiatry has been something studied there for a few millennia, so I wonder if that may not be a subtle way of damaging America, one foot at a time.