more likely split the cost until buyers find substitutes

from other countries that they would switch.

real sufferers are those small chinese factories, when out of orders they can't survive, people will lose jobs... if the goverment cares about their people's lives, they need to act.  

when shah of iran pahlavi in power, iran was the richest country in mideast. 1979 revolution ended it with a sharp turn..  look at them today.