People dont care about that. People care about China cause its a threat. If you were to ban all trades to places with child labour and other human rights violations, what would you eat, wear, play and so on. Most of it is dirty but people care cause China poses a threat.
And the same people are telling us that engaging with Saudi Arabia will make things better, but these States will never become democratic in the forseable future no matter how much the West welcomes them. Funny how the folks carrying water for Saudi Arabia never say we should open up and advance the economy of Iran because that will liberalize them.
They would suffer far more than us. If the US really wanted to decouple, they would form a coalition and bring Australia in too. Australia provides the bulk of China's iron ore.
