I rather pay 20 percent more knowing that America will replace some of those goods that no longer will come into the USA from cheap mexican labor....and America will produce it here.
Heck, most things produced here instead of in Mexico at first will cost more but with the use of American made robotic and such the prices will go down and the USA will have better hi tech higher paying jobs building bots and repairing them.
Here is the deal. A running shoe for example costs about $1-2 to make. Making it in China or even Mexico saves about $.50. An entry tariff of even a couple percent of the retail price will end the importation. Most retail products have similar cost structure.
Cell phones, I don’t know about. But, guaranteed, if they can be made by 12 year olds in Thailand, they can make them in Dayton, Ohio.
How will increasing robotics help the good jobs for Americans issue?