That’s PART of it, however not ALL. We can’t match the kind of slave labor forced sugar that, say, China puts into things.
How long do you think forced “slave labor” will be able to compete in the open market? In the long run, competition from a healthy, free economy will sooner or later crush government-forced artificial low prices.
And we don’t have to be the best at everything. Some countries do better at some things than others. That’s fine and the consumer is the beneficiary. The reason China has become a player in trade is, in certain “free enterprise” zones, they have backed off from their suffocating government command and control economy.
No, the free market economy is not perfect, but it is way ahead of whatever is in second place. The focus on the relatively small portion of the free market that isn’t perfect is what screws up the very large portion that runs very well, much better than anything else.
Focus on solving the root cause of business fleeing our country which is the federal government’s interference and pursuit of unfriendly business policies.