Chinese goods get free shipping. They are subsidized by the government. Adding a large tariff to Chinese goods is good for everyone. Firstly Chinese goods are bad for everyone. The quality sucks so they are replaced making them polluters. They are made in China, making them polluters. They are made with bad quality so there are as many bad versions of products as good versions. This huge pile of products that don’t pass quality tests mean there is more pollution. The world is better off taking away the low quality cheap marketplace from China. If they want to create goods for America they have to do it at a higher price point. Adding a 50% tariff to Chinese products is a must.
There is an interesting circumstance that changes all the current discussion.
China is failing, falling apart economically. Manufacturers both large and small have closed their doors forever creating massive unemployment. The unemployment has vreated outward migration from the cities resulting in the closing of all sorts of retail merchandise and service establishments.
Chinese exports have dried up severely effecting the port cities and especially Shanghai.
What was, isn’t. What will be........ we can not really know.