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20th century America became a nation of "consumers", after WWII. During WWII, the US out produced EVERYBODY in EVERYTHING; from clothes to food, from guns to ships. When the war ended, their was a "baby boom" in America, accompanied by a "housing boom" for all of those new families. It was at that time that America consumed everything...wood (trees), rocks and oil (gravel/asphalt to pave new highways), steel for buildings and bridges, etc.
As with all things, they changed...evolved...and even got lazy and began to stagnate (just slightly) by trying to build things cheaper (to cut costs) instead of better. By the 1960's and 1970's the situation got worse, for example(s): US automobiles were being constructed with "planned obsolescence" being built into them (another words they were built to be replaced with a new car instead of repairing them); US made firearms were being constructed of ill-fitting stamped metal instead of expensive forged metals; they rattled when you shook them, a sign of poor workmanship. All this, and they raised the price of their worse products (under the slogan of inflation)! Thus gradually, US manufacturing firms went over-seas to both Europe and Asia, where products were constructed with more "attention to detail" at more affordable prices." When Nixon went to Communist China in 1972, it was a "cold war" move designed to lower the aspect of nuclear war & ending the Vietnam War...by cracking the ice of the cold war, and leading to peace and future good relations...thus today the US has a trading relationship with Communist China.
After so many generations of global trade, to include China, the US still maintains it's monopoly as a consumer. A boycott of "ALL" Chinese goods "could" cause a negative chain reaction in the quality of the consumers life-style...a shortage now, later as the shortage is lessoned; higher prices and less products for the American consumer. A throw back to the 1960's and 1970's when American's paid more and got less.
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If America stopped buying Chinese imports, it could lead to higher prices for goods due to decreased supply and increased production costs. It may also impact the global economy as trade relationships would shift, potentially causing disruptions. Both countries would need to seek alternative trading partners and markets to compensate for the change.
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