It just common anti-dumping measure. If foreign goods consider to harming goods that locally produced that your workforce or people relies on for jobs for simple, then put tariffs to the foreign way cheaper goods. The price of your local made goods for example 100 and foreign made 50, put tariffs to the foreign goods so the price also 100. If this not done, probably you gonna lose local jobs because people tend to buy goods with cheaper price, but risking local economy. Sadly, Indonesia flooded with these cheap goods and making local industries or industries in making cannot compete, answer yourself where the goods came from. It just waste of time try to compete against BBK phones for example for investors to made and sell here, doesn’t mean can’t.
Anyway that's how closed protectionist economy works, they know if they open up. Their sweat and tears that they invest into their industries will vaporize just like that due to better competition.
Bulgaria consumer electronics has that experience, getting swallowed by cheap Korean electronics that kills local industry. Imagine just how far Bulgarian computing will be had it not for the fall of iron curtain.
Why the fuss you care about the price of Chinese goods getting higher (with added tariffs) btw?
Am not. It's just funny for me to see the West goes full retard the moment they know they're getting beaten in their own game.