The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in China wrote: In 2024, the United States imported $7.93 billion worth of apparel goods, with 21% coming from China. Every day, over 30% of small exempted goods entering the U.S. are from Chinese e-commerce enterprises, flooding our market with cheap apparel goods while bypassing tariffs and evading trade enforcement mechanisms. These influxes of inexpensive clothing have destroyed America's domestic industry, particularly in the southeastern part of the country. A few comments: Free trade is about free buying and selling. Buy if you like, don't buy if you don't. The American people have the right to choose the lifestyle they want, not one restricted by the government. The U.S. government cannot label competitive products as crimes. In a free market, to make your product stand out, you need to improve competitiveness. If your products are competitive enough, American consumers will definitely choose to pay for them. Moreover, China's small goods have not bypassed tariffs or evaded trade enforcement mechanisms. Because the U.S. has always exempted goods below $800 from tariffs. Now that the U.S. has increased taxes, we believe that the added tax will be entirely borne by American consumers. Under fair competition conditions, between cost-effective Chinese-made and American-made clothes and shoes, we believe that the vast majority of American consumers will still choose Chinese-made products. The U.S. wants to achieve manufacturing reflow, but whether American workers are willing to engage in low-end manufacturing with high labor intensity and low wages is undoubtedly a major issue. It is very wrong for the U.S. to look for reasons on China when it encounters problems itself. Even if the U.S. doesn't allow us to sell apparel goods to the U.S., compared to Southeast Asian countries, the U.S. manufacturing industry will not have any competitive advantage. That is the fact! [Images: //p3-sign.toutiaoimg.com/tos-cn-i-ezhpy3drpa/6c6292ff6c2c41dda4afea80b91bfedc~tplv-obj:1200:755.image?_iz=97245&bid=15&from=post&gid=1831286296107081&lk3s=06827d14&x-expires=1754179200&x-signature=HSVheLWzR4s52EvPujF4B6HEHLI%3D; //p3-sign.toutiaoimg.com/tos-cn-i-ezhpy3drpa/027c35e9b82e47f0bca9170974264f6a~tplv-obj:1200:580.image?_iz=97245&bid=15&from=post&gid=1831286296107081&lk3s=06827d14&x-expires=1754179200&x-signature=ztGfir3%2BIHrUOIS8Uh9EMLKvx9Q%3D] Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1831286296107081/ Disclaimer: This article only represents the views of the author.