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US tariffs will not bring back jobs from China

Michael R Strain
Michael R Strain • 4 min read
US tariffs will not bring back jobs from China
The problem facing the US is not trade. It is the reluctance to take advantage of the opportunities generated by the disruption trade can bring. Photo: Bloomberg
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The vice-presidential debate between Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Ohio Senator J D Vance earlier this month highlighted a point of bipartisan consensus in a heated election contest.

After clashing over topics ranging from healthcare to immigration and the Middle East conflict, the candidates aligned on trade.

Vance asserted that Americans need to “make more of our own stuff”, to which Walz replied: “I’m in agreement with him on this.”

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