So you're saying you prefer these cheap Chinese products be sold first to American merchants, and then resold to US consumers? More American merchants will make money through arbitrage but it's effectively money spent by consumers to subsidize merchants. There isn't any real value being created. And fewer products will be sold, making entry to interesting maker or hobby projects prohibitively expensive.
If I need some cheap diodes and caps, I'll hit aliexpress rather than spend 20x the markup for the exact same product on Amazon.
If I need some cheap diodes and caps, I'll hit aliexpress rather than spend 20x the markup for the exact same product on Amazon.