Two constant goals in the Trump administration’s tariff policies have been to bring the manufacturing industry back to the United States and to reduce U.S. dependence on China. In President Donald Trump’s words, “Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.” Vice President JD Vance said U.S. dependence on China is “the very definition of a national emergency.”

But today, there is a risk that the two critical goals of rebuilding domestic manufacturing and reducing dependence on China are being undermined by all the other objectives and tweaks the administration continues to make to its tariff policies.