As a citizen in a free country, the right to choose, and not to follow, is everything. OTOH, in a free country, there is no right to anything that must be provided by government, including the right of a worker to a "highest standard of living."
When we reach the point in time where our rights are provided by our rulers, we have reached the point in time where our rights are chains.
Your philosophical basis is inaccurate.
The well-ordered State provides for the general welfare of its own citizens--not the citizens of another country.
If the general welfare of US citizens requires making life difficult for PRChina, so be it. Dramatically reducing the purchasing power of a significant sector of US society is NOT 'providing...'
In fact, it sounds like the reverse of that old saw "A rising tide lifts all boats." And, as Abe Lincoln would have been happy to tell you, "A diminishing tide sinks all boats."