The problem is the days are gone when you could buy the Red Chinese crap or the more expensive American alternative next to it on the shelf; the factories that produced those goods here were idled decades ago. It would require significant rehabbing of the factories (if they are even still standing), and training of new workers.
I’m all for it, but I know nobody wants to pay as much as those union-made American goods would cost. This virus will just speed up the transition of Western businesses to Southeast Asia suppliers (Vietnam, Malaysia, Burma, Laos) that has been underway for years now. Red China has been losing business to its southern neighbors; they’ll make it even cheaper, and their goods are on our shelves now.
I like VietNamese goods. They are better quality than Chinese stuff. That is acceptable to me.