Those here pretending to advocate "free trade", are only advocating "free trade" of 5 or 10 percent of our economy/jobs - they dont want their "own job" to be taken by a foreigner. Why not? if a foreigner can do it cheaper?
Why not replace "all" americans with immigrants or by out sourcing to foreign countries?
I cant think of any job now held by an american that cannot be done by a foreigner(except the president), either here, or out sourced. The cost savings would be tremendous if every current american worker was replaced by a cheaper foreign one. There are more than enough asians, latins, and africans to replace every single american still holding a job at an artificial high wage.
If anyone advocates free trade, then they cant disagree with 100% free trade.
Markets (when free) seek a level much like water. If I fill a glass half full of water, what is the chance that all the water would be on one side of the glass? The same chance as your economic model has of becoming a reality. The "loss of jobs" you point to as a crisis would certainly be curtailed (by the market) when, on balance, displaced workers become unable to find more productive (read: more highly valued) work than they had prior to their job being exported; as this would create a net loss to our economy.
Shall I assume you would petition our rulers to ban the creation of all labor-saving devices on the grounds that they cost jobs? If not, why? Also, would your state be better off if it imposed a tariff on all goods imported from other states? If not, why?