To be honest, us Americans should have quit buying from China all along. IMHO, China invests in universities and social media and such to downgrade Americana in part so to lower the percentage of American made goods.
The problem is that no business wants to lose to competitors who earn more or charge less by using imports. That's why a national policy that affects everyone like tariffs is necessary.
Tech labor needs the same protections by banning H1Bs and taxing software outsourcing.
“To be honest, us Americans should have quit buying from China all along.”
If I could find US made stuff I would do so. I also will not buy junk just because it is made here.
The blame for all this lies squarely on the US companies that trashed their workers and moved production to Chinese and other asian sweatshops. The primary reason they did so was so they could have higher profits. For that you can thank brainless regulation and the unions.
For example, Xtratuff used to make great wet boots. They then decided to dump all of their American employees and move production to China. The quality went to crap, and the price went up thirty bucks. The real issue is the unbelievable greed of outfits that don’t care about their customers, don’t care about their product, and don’t care about their country.
Most of the brand name goods sold by supposedly US companies are made overseas.
Giving our enemy And competitor most favored nation trading status was insane in the first place.
Buying American should never be a sacrifice for citizens... China's been keeping our goods out for decades and using sweat shop labor.. Thump's demanding fairness - tariffs are a negotiation tool. We're going to make this right.
China is our enemy and competitor. We shouldn’t be trading with them anyway. We have paid for the build up of their military.