I can't see the logic but then politicians usually have a simple view on this sort of stuff. In a nutshell China produces the vast quantity of the electronics the US and the ROW buys and there is no way on God's earth that that production capacity can be moved. That being the case either the consumer cops the tarriff bill or he goes on strike and refuses to buy. What won't happen is the production being moved to the US or any other country, it is just not going to happen and my bet would be that the retail sales might dip but they will return to normal after the initial sticker shock wears off so the citizen consumer copped it in the neck.
Australia is going through a similar thing at the moment, one of our wealthier citizens who owns a big chunk of retail sales in this country has been lobbying the govt to put a 10% tax on every single item bought from overseas and it comes onto effect this month. Amazon have said they won't play ball and told Australian consumers that we can't buy from their US website which while inconvenient is hardly going to mean much as there are ways around that embargo. What it does mean is that in a small way the US suffers because one greedy individual thinks he can increase his wealth by lobbying the govt.
Chris
Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening