I get the sentiment, but I also get the feeling you're not going to find as many people willing to buy cheap garbage outside the US.
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Maybe that's for the best. I do enjoy buying mid tier items from China. Maybe they could flesh that market out.
That's been the plan for a while anyway. China really wants to move away from being the world's sweatshop. They're happy to lose a lot of that low tier labour to less economically advantaged countries, while they invest in things like computing, electric cars, heavy industry, advanced electronics, etc.
Non-American here. There's a huge market for cheap Chinese goods outside the US. There are a lot of little things where you don't need quality, just "good enough to get the job done". There's a chain of stores all around SEA called Mr. DIY that is basically full of worryingly cheap made in China products and it's thriving.
Then there's the various electronics brands that at least have reliable quality with good specs for the costs. Huge market for those despite bloat, spyware etc. outside of the US. As if you don't get that with practically all mainstream electronics from any country anyway. Plus for non smart electronics, they're fine. Xioami makes a great and cheap precision electronic screwdriver for example. Then there's car companies like BYD that is just killing it in the global EV market.
Not saying the Chinese government is great or anything, they've got hands as bloody as any other global superpower, but I do think Chinese companies can find plenty of willing customers outside of the US.
Tl;dr A lot of the world is willing to buy "cheap garbage", and not everything China is producing is seen as "cheap garbage" anymore.