Trade policy is extremely complex, and often faces one of the basic flaws of any democratic system -- in that it is often subject to overly simplistic "solutions" that make for great sound bites but are completely impractical when it comes to actually carrying them out. They're also subject to a large degree of risk related to unintended consequences.
On a an interesting note, I just finished reading an article about how strong the recent growth has been at port facilities in the NY/NJ and Los Angeles areas -- driven almost entirely by exports.
This is an excellent example of the nexus between domestic policy and international. Those ports are heavily unionized and are literal choke points to the economy. A simple solution would be to decertify the dock worker unions or allow non-union workers to work there.
Under the commerce clause Congress could/should create Right to Work zones at each point of entry into the nation - ports and airports.
Think what that would do for employment, costs and our economy?