The coronavirus disrupting factories in China is a major problem. Trump should just lean into it and push to onshore supply chains in the name of national security.
Then he should start pushing for repeal of Federal laws and regulations that make it difficult for small manufacturers to operate here. Changes will remain impossible with a Democrat House, but the stage can be set for future improvements next year.
Attempting to onshore supply chains now to combat the effects of the virus quarantines is far too little, far too late. It took years to move them out - it will take years (and correct economic incentives) to rebuild domestic manufacturing infrastructure and bring them back.
The economic disruption from the shutdown of China is going to be epic - All Trump can do is remind people that he is the one who wants the borders closed to avoid epidemics like this in the USA.
Agree. Anything that interrupts the supply chain is going to be a drain on the economy. It is definitely an issue of national security, especially for the manufacture of drugs.
Trump warned us. Divest businesses from the brutal Chinese Communist dictatorship and its PLA-run factories.
Time to send Communist China back to pre-Nixon times.