So now you see. Good.
Is that difficult to understand or require some sort of government warning lable?
Now move your eyes from the tree bark and look at the trees and the forest. Government attracts the worst of the ne're do wells who want the power and the money without actually having to earn it. That is why free trade won't ever happen. If you are a government agent who has the power to make or break companies and you are approached by someone who is looking for an advantage over his competitor, and by regulatory force you can profit both yourself and your benefactor, what is keeping you? This love affair with free-trade?
Back out further and now you understand why George Bush put tariffs on steel.
I feel like talking to someone that doesn't understand why the sun rises in the east.
You are projecting. But that's OK, I expect that.