It's also worth noting that the financial elites and the CCP aren't really doing business, they're committing fraud and theft. China isn't exporting productivity, it's exporting deflation and corruption.
Arguably, the trade war may have nothing to do with trade and, together with financial decoupling, everything to do with deliberate monetary strangulation.
The Trump administration holds all the cards, the CCP holds none. The challenge is getting the job done without more people getting killed.
https://mises.org/wire/china-trouble
https://mises.org/wire/chinas-biggest-problem-isnt-trump-its...
https://thesoundingline.com/chinas-money-supply-has-outgrown...