[pfannkuchen]

Can you please think through what would happen a bit further? What you say here is a first order analysis on a very short time scale. It does not capture the end state of such a change. The acceptable transition period for a change depends on the severity of the problem the change is targeting, and in this case here the problem is quite severe, so our acceptable transition period should at least be measured in half decades, not weeks.

[kragen]

No, we've been trying it here in Argentina for the last 75 years.

When we started, we were one of the richest countries in the world.

The end state is worse than you can possibly imagine.

It's not the way to rescue the country.

[twodave]

The harsh reality is that the world as it is depends on what amounts to slave labor, and that is priced into (or out of, rather) the goods that are imported. The mental and economic gymnastics involved in justifying it or pretending otherwise are just window dressing.

[chasil]

How is Apple not a forbidden product after this wall comes down?

Perhaps you can limit the allowed manufactured units to India, but the U.S. also wants those.