To all the free trade advocates on this thread. Yes, free trade is best for long run economic health. But only if it is fair trade. Our “free trade” is not fair or free. As a former federal employee I saw first hand how our trading “partners” screw us every chance we get. And we just take it.
We are getting raped. Quit worshiping blindly at the alter of Free Trade.
“Fair” means I cut my tariffs if you cut yours, not whatever you feel the word should mean, and certainly not what a Democrat, leftist, or other malcontent says it means.