No improvement. Are you asking whether I believe that the Columbia Encyclopedia definition should be preferred to the "free dictionary" definition? Or are you asking me if I would support "free trade" if it conformed to the Columbia Encyclopedia definition?
Oh well, I see you refuse to even answer. That is the position, after all, that allows you to claim “I was right!” because you never took a position. Such a firm foundation, such conviction of principles you exhibit!
For what it’s worth, President Reagan’s own words supported open and free trade. However, President Reagan also was a realist and understood that compromise was required. I have very little doubt that most of his use of tariffs were simply compromises for political expediency, rather than a fundamental indication of his core beliefs. His increasing the number of products with tariffs but reduction in total tariffs assessed, for example.
Enjoy your always-shifting position and revel in the fact that you have managed to equivocate your beliefs for days and malign all who do not agree with whatever they may or may not be (for they have never been provided).