America underestimates the difficulty of bringing manufacturing back

Still, this kind of outsourcing of manufacturing (or even more food production) puts the US in an incredibly uncomfortable position, especially that China is its main geopolitical enemy.

What if a war erupts? Suddenly the US cannot produce a lot of essential stuff - I think Covid was a good example of that happening.

Of course the question is can this be done and what will be the price if so.

Last time I looked the US was a net exporter of agricultural products to China. Well, until the retaliatory tariffs hit.