You admitted yourself the harm is already happening; just with American companies.
At the very worst, we are fucked either way.
The alternative is, maybe the Chinese government doesn’t fuck us over. So at least we have a chance with them.
Honestly, that leaves me wondering why you care other than the “scheming asiatic” angle to this
“We must reestablish deterrence that allows us to air strike Iran without them shooting back”
Utterly deranged. The Zionist mind is so self important they really think the status quo is whatever they want it to be.