I tend to agree with you, however we also have to insist on fair trade with countries that have similar living standards. An acquaintance who for several years lived and worked in Japan and South Korea noted the lack of imported manufactured goods available in the two countries. When she asked somebody in South Korea, which is no longer a low wage country, why there were so few imported goods in that country, her inquiry was met with the puzzled response, "Why would we import anything we can make here?" Trade protectionism is a cultural as well as policy response. Look at the "Buy America" policies imposed by the U.S. Congress. My guess is that relatively few Americans oppose them. This is why free trade can't and won't work.