To an extent, yes I do believe in “Economic Nationalism.” Now that can be done the right way, or the wrong way. But I believe the pursuit of absolute “Free Trade” is a fools’ errand.
How can anything that requires an agreement that is over 20,000 pages be considered “Free Trade”?
Real "Free Trade" would not be an agreement. We don't need a counter-party with whom to "Deal".
Real Free Trade would be the elimination of taxation and bureaucracy on all imports to and exports from the U.S. We could declare that unilaterally with a law from Congress REPEALING tens of thousands of pages of rules and taxes.