Cottage industry would thrive in the USA and Canada. Brushes? St Mary's Carbon in Pennsylvania would provide copper/graphite brushes that would last at least twice as long and high-quality ball bearings like SKF and NTN would last 100 times as long.
Let China involve itself with furnishing air conditioner replacement housings of cheaper grades of stainless steel like 304, and put into effect laws that demand corrosion-prone expensive housings be made of carbon fiber or finished inside and out with premium-grade powder coatings.
Enough with fried AC electric motors. An AC electric motor can be made to be compatible to survive a 90-volt operation.
Tell Detroit, Tokyo and Tinbuktu that all automotive alternators must have in addition to internal fan cooling an exterior fan of proven CFM performance.
Let's play China. Those manufacturers that have outsourced to China can return to the USA and for the first 20 years enjoy federal and state enjoy 100% tax-free operation. The USA would not lose one cent in revenue.
We have got a nuthouse of stupid -- greedy people that have to be gassed out of foggy bottom. There would be no way in hell a manufacturer would financially survive a single day with those principals. They are people being fed golden goose and they despise eating golden eggs.
