Don't think they didn't try.
I can't find the links (google is a crap shoot these days) but there WAS a lot of legal opposition to the first American cars.
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Re: Trump's logic is skewed
It will cost more than a "bit". Far more.
Those industries than can will move, but most will not. Prices will rise and stay there.
A great example is consumer electronics. 85% of which are made in China.
Also China has a world market, not just America.
This is last ditch move by a country which can no longer innovate in the consumer market by trying to stop the new up and comer.
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When was this?
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