[morgante]

Of course trade protectionism is good for the protected industries. That should be self-evident.

The more important question is whether the benefit to domestic industry offsets the harm to consumers. Traditional economics would say no and I'd be inclined to agree.

[li-ch]

Amazon is years ahead in customer support and services. Yes. but in terms of products sold, I'd argue that they are mostly the same: made in China or southeast Asia.

[morgante]

Almost anything can be bought on Amazon, but yes the majority of all products in the world are produced in Asia. I'm not sure why that's a bad thing.