You talk a lot about Economic Theory considering you completely ignored one crucial detail: consumers won’t buy it if the price gets high enough

not many enough would pay $99 for a phone cover), and some things will never be able to be produced cheaper (no child labor, expensive adult labor).

I seem to have mentioned this.

This could effectively become an Embargo, and it should because Fuck Chinam

If that is the case it’s kind of an own goal; China is still free to trade with anyone, including US consumers that pay more. It’s just the US consumers gwtting worse access to thw products they want. Closer to a self embargo, no?

It’s like a much more expensive “Buy American” campaign, only it also makes the US utterly untrustworthy in any future trade deals or investments.