It depends on the country and the goods, China for example needed the tariffs, so I agree with that.
The japanese ones imo are not a good idea.
I see it this way.
The same way manufacturing moved out of the US because its cheaper to do it in Asia, then the uno card can be played and MUST BE PLAYED not only by the US but all the west.
Lowering taxes and deregulating are great, and it must be done, but there are also 2 other things:
-Talk to the big companies doing stuff in Asia, both americans and foreign, and tell them that if they move certain % of their production to the US, they can have special treatment (believe it or not, China kinda did it years ago), im talking like 15 years paying like 3 or 5% tax, and the first 3 like 0, tell them that a huge amount of regulation than they have in Asia are not in the US, and also residency to the top scientists, like the 1% of the best people they have, so the know how can be literally copied (yes, lmao, China did similar with trains but without residency), Trump can go crazy promising stuff but...
-The second point is confidence and trust, markets need trust, havin HUGE investments knowing that some day some
raw materials that are not in the US can have tariffs and then no tariffs and then new tariffs can fuck investments, and also sales.
Subsidies didnt work for Biden because well... there is a big hole in budget, that just grow and grow.
Incentives are the reason manufacturing left the west, incentives are the way to bring them back (it takes time, obviously)