I disagree. I am not going to punish China. However I certainly would make it more attractive to do business in the US for US customers. I would also stop corportations from having the full legal advantages of a citizen.
Using your analogy, I am not sure that both sides dont have blood on their hands. My interst is to wash our blood off and start down a different path. The Chinese have their own leadership and country to deal with. Not my problem, not our problem.
Sure, no gov in the history of rhe world is as pure as the driven snow.
But the Peoples’ Republic of China has ramped up the evil to a huge degree.
The trading relationship with the US and China sucks, it enriches China and businesses who deal with China. Impoverishes those Americans who lost jobs to Chinese workers (not a small number), and now the US public has no choice but to buy total crap. It’s like paying for the bullet that kills you.
Trade protectionism is a good thing, not a bad thing. Money is not God.