China’s involvement in atrocities against Uighurs (including putting them in “reeducation” camps, forcibly sterilizing women, forcing Uighur women to marry chinese men, trying to erase Uighur culture) is reason enough to maintain and increase sanctions. Sure economically countries often ignore things like this, but with the current US orientation against china Increasing, it makes sense to focus on this more.

The US lost a war against Afghanistan FFS. A China in terminal decline is probably still a "threat" to the US in the sense that American Imperialism still wants to believe it can enforce its values by sheer military power.