It lowers your standard of living by limiting your choices of the best product for the best price. That’s what government does - lower your stander of living. They’re very good at it.
Good luck with your standard of living when you can’t find work or you’re training your foreign replacement to do it.
“It lowers your standard of living by limiting your choices of the best product for the best price”
Wrong.
You slap tariffs on China and the company moves to Vietnam and exports from there.
It has no impact on the consumer in the long run.