Before I get brigaded, I am firmly opposed to the Trump/Musk planned theological oligarchy.
Americans having access to more affordable high quality goods is a win for Americans.
I’m not sure why people don’t realize this.
They are instead the sort of trading partner that reminds people of the British Empire: they will produce all manufactured goods and you will handle all the more easily replaced aspects of the business from raw materials to soft services.
That's kind of a straw man argument. Go pick up every single cord, speaker, lamp, etc. in your house and look at the label.
That low quality shit that lasts a year is what I am talking about. Furniture used to be handed down for generations. Now, if you move apartments twice it falls apart.
Back when I was in full time education, my summer holiday job was making HVAC on a production line. The transformers I screwed into backing plates came from China.
The furniature you complain of? The furniature I have comes mostly from Ikea, which is famously not Chinese.
The highest quality products in the world come from China.