Well the US could for example put up trade barriers that are costly enough for China to change. Of course it might not work due to lack of US political will, or

Well the US could for example put up trade barriers that are costly enough for China to change. Of course it might not work due to lack of US political will, or strong Chinese political will, or any number of reasons, but it's not like nothing is possible. I'm not necessarily saying this is a good idea, but it's not like this is some magically impossible problem to solve.