There is no such thing as free trade today on this planet. The only possible instance could be if you wanted your neighbor's lawn mower and he wanted your microwave. You would trade for it. However, even if you were use money to buy it from him the value of the money, since it is controlled by the govt., negates the notion of free trade. Since, in some way, everything that you purchase at a store, whether or not it is made in America, is controlled by some form of govt. Whether it is the feds taxing overseas commerce; the states imposing interstate taxes and regulations; the local govts. imposing taxes and regulations; the WTO imposing regulations, ad infinitum.
The concept of free trade is a fallacy. We are all struggling, even those companies in China, against insistent and persistent government control. The instant that a third party steps in and intervenes in any way, we lose free trade.
The free traders in this forum would have us believe that there is such a thing as free trade and we should sacrifice whatever needed to foster that notion. What they really are saying is they want whatever advantage they can glom in order to make the most money. While making money is admirable, making it at the expenses we are now seeing is destructive. Free traders would have us believe they are all noble hard-working people who have made it on their own. The even believe their own fallacy! While some may not be, most are greedy and do not see the harm their beliefs do to our economy.