Yet that is the very thing which the phoney free traders do. They disregard how the reality is a construct of governments. Domestic, and especially foreign. The price of labor which is dictating global trade are more or less commanded in Beijing, which exploits its vast communist pool of labor and their free unfettered access to U.S. companies which believe they need to be in China to avoid being undersold by someone else...hence by our government's abdication of its proper role...the Chi-Comm government...with the full panoply of manipulatory tools in its arsenal (sucessfully scofflawing the WTO and its "rules"...giving them mere lip service) ...can divide and conquer.
When the doctor tells you not to skip your medication, you should believe them.