A better analogy would be closer to California, because the US is protecting trade routes.
SCS is an export-everything/import-food-energy-also-basically-everything route for China.
Gulf of Mexico + Caribbean would be a far closer comparison with whatever non North American US exports that exist going out through there, and eg Cuba, Venezuela & all the other nations vs California’s fish.
https://www.voanews.com/extremism-watch/us-seeks-seizure-ira...