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but then again people who pay 100 more for a phone have 100 less to buy your productsMy goodness. I feel bad for having to reply quickly to your dissertation. Thanks for taking the time to write out your thoughts so completely.
There is a 2nd level advantage to "Made In the USA" products.
To use your I-Phone math.
If a Chinese made I-Phone cost $749 then some portion of that $749 goes from our economy to China and their nuclear submarine program when I buy one.
A U.S. I-Phone at $849 cost me more initially but then (overly simply) my neighbor who sells I-Phones has $100 more to spend on mattresses my company makes and China has $0 more to spend on their military.
To balance that international trade though DOES help the military situation IMO. There is a Marshall Plan like effect to trading with the less developed and even your almost direct enemies like China.