You asked,
"Which of these is as free trade nuts as we. Japan, China, Korea, any EU country, Scandinavia?"
Consider these statistics from 2004:
Country: -------US--- ---Japan--- ---UK--- ---Denmark
Pop(inMM) --293.5-- ---127.8-- ---59.4-- ---5.4
GNI(in$MMM) --11,667.5--4,623.4--2,140.9--243.0
Imports(in$MMM) 1,200.0 541.4 363.6 54.5
GNI/capita $39,752 $36,187 $36,039 $45,033
Imports/capita $4,088.49 $4,237 $6,121 $10,093
Imports/GNI 10.3% 11.7% 17.0% 22.4%
It should be obvious that free trade and "first world status" are DIRECTLY related.
But, if you STILL don't "get it", why don't you do a similar statistical analysis of North Korea, Myammar and Bangladesh?
Since I already know what you'll find, I'll use your own words:
"Put up or shut up"
Weather today in pfony1ville ..... numbers flurry and cloudiness.
Two of the three countries you cite have positive trade balances and the the third is minusculey negative compared to ours.
Nowhere to you give any picture of the level of protectionism in these nations.