You tariff the Chinese goods and they will just lower the price to undercut the next guy. you think a $50 drill press can be made in USA? Slap another 30% tarrif on that and now you got a $65 drill press that they can discount back to $60. Remember the labor over there is next to slave wages and some are Government work houses for political dissidents and low risk work release. They can afford to undercut anyone charging a living wage anywhere else. It will be a government backed boycott before people will stop buying cheaper Chinese products. C'mon, a $50 drill press is pretty handy........Elon Musk is leaving California because they are making it impossible for him to manufacture cars here,and CA lawmakers are mad at him? That's USA in a nutshell when it comes to heavy manufacturing...NIMBY....Not in my back yard![/QUOTE
You do realize China can’t make it cheaper or better than the US don’t you? It’s not simple math. It’s criminal extortion by the government to reduce the standard PF living in the US.
That’s why correctly done tariffs may increase the price of goods short term but long term you get a reduction of costs. It’s called short term pain for long term gain. I’m all for tariffs that double the cost of anything coming out of Asia and the sub continent until it drives manufacturing back here, with better quality and lower costs and more revenue to the US.