Chinese "goods" are cheaper due in part to many factors like this. I'm not at all a fan of blanket tariffs, but simple free trade doesn't seem to have the stom

Chinese "goods" are cheaper due in part to many factors like this. I'm not at all a fan of blanket tariffs, but simple free trade doesn't seem to have the stomach to deal with this imbalance in standards, or standards enforcement. I think if instead of just certifying products for safety etc, the entire process by which they were made was also subject to certification, grading etc, that could be an answer. ie products attract a higher tariff if the producer has poor labor, environmental, safety, community practices, along with grading the quality, durability, repairability of the products themselves.