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If the recent tariffs are cited as the main reason for not making things in China, wouldn't things naturally reverse themselves when they are lifted? The tariffs strike me as an artifice that can't be sustained for a very long time- what is their lasting effect that changes the economics of manufacturing things in China?


Or what if China will play dirty and devaluates CNY against USD to offset the tariffs? This will be extremely bad and potentially means another escalation to the trade war...




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