China is neither an open or free market. Opening the door to China and their industrial policy is exactly what distorts traditionally free and open markets.
So the authors basic argument is to offshore bus production. As if that doesn’t carry any negative side effects.
This is exactly what the majority of Americans voted against and exactly why the left can’t find its footing. Everyone is now fully aware that offshoring for a cheap sticker price comes with higher, harder to price costs elsewhere.