I'm not sure what you mean by "items given to China". I don't buy tools, equipment and materials (for my personal or business use) based on their country of origin and suspect that most do not. Telling me or anyone else that they must buy product/item X from a US maker would seem to be beyond the power of our federal government and rightly so.
I definitely buy tools based on country of origin. An American made drill bit is worth 25 Chinese made drill bits in terms of time to drill thru metal and how many times you have to use another drill bit. Germany made drill bits are worth 50 Chinese made drill bits. While the Chinese made drill bits are much cheaper each - both the American made and German made actually are much cheaper over all - plus you don't have to run back to Home Depot for 5 or 10 more Chinese drill bits.
I'm cetain I can't find it online, but I recalll a study made between products bought by the wealthy versus brought by average person - specifically furniture. The wealthy would buy a desk all of hardwood, made by fine wood craftsmenship costing $2500. The average person would buy a desk made in China of particle board and aluminum screw in fasheners. And they would buy another desk and another desk and another desk... noting the Chinese (deliberately) do not spend the exact $1 to make the particle board with water resistant glue or a strong expoxy. Any water on it and the desk swells irreversibly. A bit too much weight and the joints tear out - almost impossible to fix. A made-in-China couch? The material is shredded, one of the children jumped on it breaking a spring or slate (you can't get to) or collapsing the thin particle board (or cardboard) holding the shape of the arm - and the materials seams are coming loose and cloth tearing quick enough - and the soft wood they use also comes apart quickly.
Chinese made furniture ends up out at the street quickly.
The fate of all the Chinese desks is to soon be out at the street as junk. The wealthy person's desk, even if they don't want to keep it, is probably worth $750 to $1000.
But also the wealthy person maybe didn't have to buy a desk at all, because his great grandfather's desk - still in outstanding condition and now a highly valuable antique is still just fine. Simply, the study showed that the wealthy who buy the most expensive furniture actually pay much less than for the Chinese particle board crap.
For tools? An American or Germany socket is not going to strip the edges of the bolt - for which now you are trying to figure how to have an angle to drill into for a work-out bit - unless it is highly torqued in - for which you have to entirely drill it out, then thread the hole for a spiral - hoping that can hold and that a larger bolt - that you have to find - can work. Cheap crap not only is cheap, it is the most expensive of all.
Whenever possible, I will buy American made and if not, go down this list depending what it is - made in Germany. Made In Japan. Made in Korea. The Irish make awesome wool winter shaws. I'll even buy made in Indonesia or India before made in China - because it became clear to me China deliberately sells things made to fail and fail quickly. Hopeful that Chinese made Christmas toy would break apart on Christmas day or if battery operates will make the whole day. But an American Tonka truck made 75 years is still good - even if all beat up.
Cheap crap is never a good deal - ever. China only sells deliberate cheap crap meant to quickly require replacing over and over and over and over and over - and can bring all sorts of other expenses, time lost and damage - such as Chinese made tools and drill bits.
