.....we buy thousands of dollars of stuff every day. The one absolute is that we exhaust all possibilities NOT to buy Chinese. Occasionally, we have no choice but most often there is an alternative even if we have to pay more. Our antipathy is due to Chinese belligerence in the world, slave labor, communist rulers and threatening Taiwan which would undoubtedly lead to dead American sons, China can go to hell.
If people see uncertainty in their financial future, they will defer buying stuff. They will tell themselves “I can get another year’s use out of my coat/toaster/phone/tv/etc”.
You need to buy food and gas, you need to pay your utility bills. All else can be deferred.