Yes it was. It hurt China a lot.
And while it may have increased pricing here at home a bit, the money stayed inside the Country instead of being subsumed by the Chinese Black Hole.
I could explain it to you but it requires the use of multi-syllabic words, so you wouldn't get it.
Except the trade deficit with China increased every year Trump was in except for 2020, when he wrecked the economy with his messed up handling of Covid.
It just made it more expensive for business to do business.