It isn't only about where things come from. Lobster season opens in Nova Scotia soon. Much of it goes to China. Now China again has Maine as a potential supplier. Lets see how this goes for us.
China is a massive market for our goods as well... lumber, seafood or instance. It has helped fishermen make a killing compared to being stuck in the domestic market on things like crab and prawns.
I do think we need to make a stand on human rights and not buy so much plastic crap from there. I avoid Chinese made products whenever I can... but sometimes it isn’t possible (as I type on a Chinese-made iPad... good luck getting consumer electronics made elsewhere).
The question is... how do we do that without harming our own industries in a global market?