I mean he said he doesn't make sense for Jeff to open warehouses over here... uh... then why is he? There's one across the street from me. In Ohio.
I'm not fan of Bezos but he is no more guilty of contributing to slave labor then any other storefront. Not sure it's fair to lay the blame at his feet... even less so, Bill Gates.
I think the people he gave as examples aren't necessarily accurate. Bezos (well.. Amazon) opens warehouses because they mostly sell Chinese-made stuff for cheap, and that's better than overpaying for low-quality Chinese-made stuff. Bill Gates (well... Microsoft) outsources some to most of their software development to countries like India where they can pay them less.
BUT...
I used AirPods for around 2 years. They broke, so I bought a cheap pair from Amazon. Not many will believe me but they work better than AirPods. Car multimedia systems on Aliexpress? (not the standard double dins) They're not like the stuff that used to be sold on Aliexpress -- there is a significant amount of engineering behind them.
iRobot (Roomba) used to be THE robot vacuum brand. Now the Chinese competitors make vacuums that are 10 times better than the flagship Roomba. I bought a Roborock after a month of research. Roborock is owned by Xiaomi: their competition Ecovacs? Also Chinese.
They are getting there with cars too. I drove a not-so-well-known Chinese EV (Skywell ET5) and it was not bad at all. They are eventually going to enter the North American market.
You mentioned it yourself; Chevy doesn't make a CX-5-looking SUV. The abundance of car brands (from different countries) allows for variety. You don't like Chevy? You buy a Mazda. Don't like Lexus? Buy a Lincoln. That's also another thing about China. They have the infrastructure, they can manufacture anything you want, at any quality you want.
And they are coming to the point where they don't need to underpay their workers -- because they have the tech now. They know their current regime is not going to fly for long, so they are getting ready for it. They are heavily investing in some African countries for cheap labour (ironic, I know) and international support.
The solution? Some American brands need to start competing properly. If people buy your product mainly because it's American-made, you're not going to last for long. Chevy realized this, their new SUVs look REALLY good, and I assume they are going to be reliable too.