Unfortunately FT agreements have more to do with greasing palms than benefiting the market as a whole. The labor market's interests are supposed to be represented by the government. Since FedGov Inc. operates based on a favor system those with the most $$ get their interests represented and the rest are told "it's good for everyone" or "there will be newer and better jobs on the way".
Absolutely correct. We would not NEED FTAs in a FREE marketplace. Just an absence of government interference. All these FTAs do is protect one segment of the corporate entities and screw the rest of us. Labor and capital need to realise that they are BOTH indispensible to each other but the remains of the militant unions keep both at each others' throats and the MUTUALITY OF INTERESTS is lost. I daresay we could live well with a lower prevailing wage rate if we had the lower domestic costs to go along with it that would come from a vastly lowered cost of government interference and regulation.