I don’t want us to give away an inch of our sovereignty. Remeber, though, the radicalism of our American Revolution is individual liberty.
You blocking my ability to trade freely limits my liberty, no? It should only be done in cases of obvious and clear national security, no?
Given that are sugar tariffs national security or not?
As to trade agreements negotiated by “trade experts” you know they’d sell us out in a heartbeat, along with our president and congress. You’d really trust them?
Your liberty was subject to Federal government regulation of trade between nations, as mentioned before. Just as you cannot unilaterally declare war on a nation, neither can you unilaterally make foreign trade policy.
National security limitations are always necessary. The history of the world and our nation tells us that we will be at war whether we invite it or not on many occasions to come. The paramount duty of our federal government is to provide for the common defense.
After defense considerations, then it is an open question as to what products we protect or not, what constitutes the best and least restrictive or most sensible policy with a given nation. It is a delicate balance. But it is one that is the purview of we the people, as represented by our elected officials. It should never be the purview of anyone else.