In the end, the people will need to decide whether it's better to have cheaper goods or job security. We already know that those cheaper goods from China, et al, mean someone else is willing to take less money to produce them. One potential downside is that we can become so dependent on foreign goods that we lose the ability to produce them ourselves should that supply pipeline be lost. I don't think it takes much thinking to come to the conclusion that bringing factory jobs back to this country could mean these same goods will, again, cost more. However, if the full plan works, people should have the money to pay for them. Right now, IMO, we have too much money that's just chasing other money and not being used productively. We also have way too many people dependent on jobs created by government bureaucratic policy that does little or nothing to improve living standards for all.
I think both of our major political parties have shown displeasure with American jobs leaving for overseas but not much has been done about fixing that. But now that it's been reported that jobs are beginning to return, our media will switch from reporting the positive side to reporting the negative. Happy people don't interview as well as angry ones. Nothing new here as far as I can tell.