Yes. Trust the United States Citizens. Our People. But for all OTHERS? Verify.
"Trust but verify."-Ronald Reagan
Subtly, those who don't want to verify, or when malefactors are caught red-handed...protect said U.S. citizens against said malefactors...are guilty of NOT "trusting the people" who indeed deserve to be protected. Indeed, how many times have we had the People slammed by these elitists as being "afraid of competition" or "retreating" or some such drivel?
The phoney free traders are in fact agents of the very "rigid governmental controls" that Reagan warned agains...such as China's.
They are enablers thereto and accomplices.
That's the funny thing about people such as you that complain about "fairness." When someone points out to you that a trade agreement such as CAFTA immediately removes the tariff or other trade restrictions on 80% of all U.S. goods going to the region, with the remainder being phased-out over 10 or 15 years (I don't remember which), you keep complaining. The fact of the matter is you oppose trade agreements such as CAFTA for entirely different reasons other than "fairness," because "I will charge you 0% if you charge me 0%" is as "fair" as one can get. I just don't see why you can't just admit it.
By "goods" I meant industrial and consumer, not including agricultural.