Ebbie, tarnishedhalo and Co, you're stuck with imports from China whether you like it or not. It's those imports that have kept inflation down in the west, and especially the US, for the past ten years or more. Western governments can do nothing that might significantly jeopardise trade with China without also jeopardising their own economies. In short there is no easy way to put Chinese manufacturers under pressure to clean up their acts (nor to ensure decent working conditions for employees). But it might help if importers were a little less obsessive about driving down prices, and hence quality.

Incidently China exports billions of dollars of goods each month, and most of it is fine - sometimes better than equivalent stuff made in the west.