Paywalled so can't read the whole thing. In general, my understanding is that it is NOT exactly what happened. We are putting tariffs on ALL IMPORTS from Chin

Paywalled so can't read the whole thing. In general, my understanding is that it is NOT exactly what happened. We are putting tariffs on ALL IMPORTS from China, whether designed, maintained, operated by a US corp or a Chinese corp. A better policy would have recognized that there is a distinct difference between Chinese and US corps looking to sell into the US market. The simplest example would be anything internet connected product with software. If the design, software, marketing etc. is all largely in the US and just the physical product is manufactured in China, it seems like a reasonable economic policy to say that China can keep the manufacturing business and the US corps can continue to do this - largely because it acknowledges the reality that US manufacturing for high volume/low mix is simply not going to be competitive and if it is, it will only be due to automation. Leaving the manufacturing in place but blocking Chinese market access would impart substantial hardship to Chinese companies who are able to ignore US Trademark, IP, deceitful advertising/low quality (read other threads on this HN post), all the while largely not interrupting US businesses. It would have provided needed leverage while avoiding doing damage to US business and consumers.