Thats fair, it just crossed my mind as a possibility given the current climate.
Also sometimes stupidity and malice amplify each other.
True, I see your point. It seems that anything is open for weaponisation these days and previous frameworks for making assumptions have been shown to be invalid.
How is it malice for CBP to attempt to do the exact job it was created to do? It's job is to block counterfeit imports, and China is a huge state-approved growing source.