The White House report lays bare how more than forty nations have aided China in evading President Trump’s 2018 tariffs, draining billions from American revenue and exposing the futility of half-measures against Beijing’s economic aggression. This systemic circumvention undermines the very leverage tariffs were meant to provide, rewarding foreign collusion while American workers and manufacturers bear the cost of lost protection. Such evasion reveals global supply chains as vehicles for strategic sabotage rather than neutral commerce. The Constitution’s commerce clause equips the federal government to defend the nation’s economic independence against hostile powers, not to facilitate their penetration through porous borders or third-party proxies. Original understandings of sovereignty reject the idea that America must tolerate foreign exploitation in the name of open markets, just as federalism leaves no room for states to undermine national trade policy. True limited government begins with securing the republic’s productive capacity against external manipulation. Tariffs will only work when enforced without apology or loophole.