[methodover]

This discussion and the original post has been what the United States government’s trade policy ought to be, not the morality of an individual’s purchasing choice (say, to buy a Chinese-made sweater or a US-made one). I think the question you’ve asked is interesting, but I don’t see how it’s pertinent to the matter at hand.

[harryh]

It's pertinent to the matter at hand because trade policy is about enforcing this sort of morality at a large scale. If it is, in fact, immoral to buy goods from China then we can enforce that through trade policy that restricts free trade.

But if it's not, then we shouldn't restrict free trade.