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I looked into this many moons ago and, then, it was all about the nomenclature of the imported good/component part vs the sold good.
The sunglasses are made in Italy if prior to their making, the manufacturer imported frames and lenses – neither of which individually constitute sunglasses.
This was illustrated with the printed T-shirt analogy. If the T-shirt is made in China and printed in Italy, it’s still a T-shirt made in China – as it arrived as a T-shirt and is sold as a T-shirt, regardless of the print. But if a roll of cotton arrives from China…blah blah blah.
It comes down to semantics and individually/societally held definitions of ‘making’ vs a Gov’s definition. It may have all changed since I looked into it, so feel free to ignore this unqualified internet content.