Yes, I agree some changes and shifts should be made. I can't see how we are going to make some major political statement or shift without issues though.
There are ways we can do it through by creating more ourselves to give people a purchase option. Also voting with our feet and consciously try to not purchase/support wares from these countries.
I would like to have more options as some purchases are almost impossible to do otherwise. If they were a little more expensive I would have no issue but it will need to be created. We have lost some much of what we had it will be tough to get it back. Not impossible though.
I would love that to be possible. But just can’t see it. People will only vote with their feet via their wallet. It frustrates me that I can’t even buy a decent T shirt that will last years (used to be able to do that by buying a quality brand... I have T shirts bought 20 years ago that have been washed hundreds of times, look better than recent ones washed twice (though they are little tighter these days, if not from shrinking lol).
Since everything moved to being Made In China (and elsewhere similar) from Europe, and got vastly cheaper, (not just clothes) there just isn’t the option any more even if you want to pay more. Brands have become meaningless (all made in the same Chinese factory from the same materials).
This will not change... an elite T shirt manufacturer will go bust fast if it’s t shirts last a decade, even if some want to buy them for a premium, there won’t be enough.
People will pay a bit more for something purely due to its origin, (like fairtrade) but I suspect not enough to pay the huge difference needed for something entirely designed and built in Europe.
We are stuck with the system, everything is global, everything interconnected, price is the king of everything... and anything else is utopian, won’t happen....