Comment by jonathanstrange

I don't see how this is a reply to my point. Building up manufacturing takes a decade or longer (putting the problem aside that there aren't going to be enough workers). Tariffs are heavy market regulation. Even if manufacturing was brought back successfully, the production costs would be too high without such heavy market regulation.

You seem to assume that once manufacturing has been brought back it would somehow be internationally competitive. I don't see how that's possible.

Maybe I didn't get your point.