You cannot "create jobs" by instituting tariffs. You can't create jobs through tariffs, but you can shift the balance towards the US. China keeps artificially

You cannot "create jobs" by instituting tariffs. You can't create jobs through tariffs, but you can shift the balance towards the US. China keeps artificially inflating their currency when it would've naturally increased by now; maybe to the point of being economically infeasible for some companies. Don't forget that there is a huge overhead in shipping products across the Pacific Ocean. And to fight this economic manipulation, tariffs are needed.