Who has the Authority to Impose Tariffs and how does this Affect International Trade?

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6. How Do You Handle The Externalities?

I live in a NE Purple/Red state. Worker pay is generally high, environmental regs are supposed to be equal in all of the US (but I'd counter enforcement differentiation comes into play), state/local taxes are generally high and consider "right to work"/anti union sentiment is rampant in certain parts of the US. Most new US manufacturing is going to be in the South because of these factors. My point being, all of the things you bring up about foreign counties also applies to the US.

Some industry will reshore to the US, but it has to be cost effective. Making cheap trinkets for minimal profit is not something that should be happening in the US. Paying extra to have something built in the US just for the sake of it is wasteful (in resource allocation and increased prices to the consumer).

On thing we have not brought up is the rampant consumerism that in my opinion plagues human kind. We are swimming in stuff. Bouncing around in McMansions with most households having less than 4 people. Driving huge SUVs and/or supersized pickup trucks. Little or no savings for our golden years. And despite all of this stuff, we're a miserable lot. This, IMHO, is the real problem we as a species currently face.