[expat_panama]

...big ticket items are made, or at least assembled in the U.S., but the items most Americans use are not...

"Big ticket items" sound like jets, cars, and trucks.  Americans use those.

[Neoliberalnot]

Right, but many Americans buy foreign cars, tractors, and airplanes made elsewhere. Assembled in US doesn’t mean all parts are made here. Take electronics as another example.