Comment by fridaa

I find people often over simplify things like this. Sure, free trade is good. The issues is that we've never had a free trade deal. Our "free trade deals" come with thousands of caveats where we are the partner country agree to all kinds of rules, regulations, etc. I think true free trade would be the best, but failing that I think straight-forward protectionism is better than what we get now with "free trade".