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Its a review by Ponnuru of a book by Levin.
And Ponnuru has pretty good conservative credentials.
He is the editor of National Review after all.
As for free trade or not, the jury is in, on a worldwide basis at least. Peace and prosperity, beyond anything ever seen.
We, here, have problems. They are peculiar to us and others who have made similar errors. We, here, have caused most of them. Germany for instance doesn’t have such a problem with free trade.

"Germany for instance doesn’t have such a problem with free trade."

Oh, it's starting to dent Germany's labor market and economic growth as well now that China is moving into higher-value manufacturing niches. Fast forward a couple decades, and they're in the same boat we are. And let's not even start on what's happened all over western Europe, Japan, and the US.

Peace? Sure, unless you count Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Syria, Libya, Israel, Pakistan, and most of Africa. And there's plenty elbowing going on around the dinner table in Asia now too, in case you haven't noticed.

Free trade is cultural and economic suicide for the West.

As for the author:

"Romney was not a drag on the Republican party. The Republican party was a drag on him." - Ramesh Ponnuru

He's a GOPe shill.