I'm not sure if supporting the labor conditions in China is right either but this is bananas.
I was a fabrication manager at a shop that made DOT handrail for sidewalks along highways. The amount of paperwork involved in each bolt was complete nonsense. For a company to be in compliance they need to staff someone full-time to track the paperwork. Table That's one job. Although it's one job in the office instead of a job in the shop actually producing stuff. Adding red tape to something as benign as a handrail will not make us competitive. That should be obvious.