>China is ruled by a Communist party and they subscribe to communism

That's just outright incorrect.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Socialist_market_economy#/Market...

State Capitalism where they can take part or most of your wealth away at any time may be much closer to State communism.

What is incorrect about my statement? In case you don’t know or want to be reminded, the name of the ruling party in China is called ‘China Communist Party’.

Yes, I realize this, and my belief is that American needs to decouple with China and bring the total net trade between the two down by 70-80%, leaving rare earths, agriculture, and some manufacturing left in the balance of trade. When two systems are so far off of each other, there cannot be fair agreement between the two. As a result the only three options are containment, playing by communist rules, or walking away. In my mind oppression and state communism are not ethical, and so the only option is to walk away.

Capitalism is unethical. No economic system is perfect. Ironically, when the rich in the US are in financial trouble, they force government to be communist. Like in 2008 recession, companies were bailed out using taxpayers’ money. I am not denying that US has to do everything in their power to bring the deficit down, but they must stop pretending to be a free market while doing the exact opposite of a free market. Protectionism is only expected from communist countries, not countries that market themselves as free markets.