There is no such thing as free trade, never has been, never will be. It’s entirely an imaginary concept, such as a friction-less plane in physics.
All trade is managed. Even trade within the United States is managed. Our problem, for decades is that our trade policies have been mismanaged in favor of other nations.
Levin tries to portray “free-trade’ as a conservative position. It is not!
Even worse, we make these horrible trade deals, like the mess with Iran in some ways, where the ink isn’t dry before the other country announces they won’t be following it, yet WE are tied to it like Bre’r Rabbit and the tar baby.