Economists from Adam Smith to Milton Friedman have taught us that any decision to reduce imports involves a corresponding decision to reduce exports. We could reduce imports, but it would involve the economy falling into a recession.
Japan and Germany both have large trade surpluses. Would you prefer 15 years of Japanese deflation or Germany's 11% unemployment rate?
How about equal access to the Chinese market as they have here? Heck I'd settle to the same access to our own market as they have.