They were half right. Opening China Trade with China, opponents said, would help China and hurt America. They were half right. By granting China permanent normal trade relations, the United States has helped both nations. The arguments opponents use, that China pays low wages and sends us inexpensive goods, are true.
American consumers benefit by having less expensive goods.
The dollars saved can be invested or spent in other ways. There is no rational reason to complain. If the goods are less expensive because other nations subsidize their manufacturers or farmers, then the taxpayers of that nation are paying higher taxes so Americans can pay lower prices. Bring it on. The choice for them may be not low wages or higher wages, but low wages or no wages.