So long as you ignore the hugely imbalanced governmental interferences, protective by the Chinese, and suicidal on the part of the U.S. (piloted by nutsos of the Von Mises and Cato camps)...then you are not for free trade. You are an apologist for China's empire. Period.
Nope. I'm just happen to believe that The Cato Institute and Von Mises are right and the anti-free-trade bunch are wrong. I'm still waiting for some real evidence to prove I'm on the wrong track. The standard of living in this country is extremely high, perhaps the highest in the world. We must be doing something right.
And BTW, I just got back from WalMart. If you want to know where those Chinese goods are being sold you don't have to drive further than your local WalMart. Virtually everything they sell that is manufactured is Made in China.
The people of the United States are the ones who are voting with their pocketbooks for trade with China. They are not stupid. They can read the labels. They can add up the cost of goods they purchase at Walmart. They think they are doing the right thing because they keep coming back.
Are these people stupid?