My comment was intended to be descriptive, rather than prescriptive. IP theft isn't a new thing and American companies no doubt take it into account when manufa

My comment was intended to be descriptive, rather than prescriptive. IP theft isn't a new thing and American companies no doubt take it into account when manufacturing overseas. Enforcing IP internationally is actually quite difficult anyways. Tariffs effectively restrict manufacturing overseas, as there's some breaking point in cost to produce. I don't believe banning trade / manufacturing to China is a good idea, we depend on them for cheap consumer goods, and they depend on that revenue. We developed a dependency on Chinese manufacturing because it was cheap, and no with little to no manufacturing ability stateside, we're tied to their economy. As someone who worked for the D.O.E for years, I can care less where consumer goods / technology is manufactured. The US government already has VERY strict rules about manufacturing for military / transportation equipment. "National Defense" isn't going to be decided by who owns TikTok or app-de-jour.