Right you are. ‘Free’ trade is government to government agreements negotiated by lobbyists that our Reps couldn’t even see until they were done deals.
On the question - Is globalism and “free trade” what’s destroying the GOP?
A. You betcha.
Real trade is you buy from us and we buy from you. “Free trade” is we send you American jobs, factories and dollars for cheap expendables. The sucking sound of the ‘Free’ trade winds lost the Reagan Democrats, the GOP margin of victory.
Ding Ding Ding . . . we have a winner!
And don't forget, in the case of NAFTA, also saddling America with the “greenest trade agreement ever written.”