You call that on the front foot? Cutting your nose to spite your face?
We also use the windfall of those $ profits to also make Subs, warships etc. Someone needs to pay for all the various job keeper programs not to mention propping up the RE market. ST we can use the IO leverage to threaten or neutralise these bans but eventually trying to make a bet by jumping headfirst into the US camp exposes us to the opportunity cost. Even Scomo who is backed by all the hawks in his Govt has publicly stated that it should not be making a 'binary call' so the Q begs as to why did he make that Covid investigation call which is seen publicly as a binary call?
