[CuriouslyC]

I don't think so. We have major domestic and on-shoring efforts taking place and a massive pool of migrants to draw from for cheap labor in addition to low cost collaborations with Mexico. The cost of trashy consumer goods might spike but the market would quickly supply alternatives for manufacture of important goods.

[pydry]

Everything you said would all be absolutely true if we reversed course some time between 2008 and 2017.