How many small businesses, the backbone of the economy of rural America, are loyal members of the Chamber of Commerce but their national organization in DC has absolutely NO loyalty to any of their values or even their economic success.
Maybe because when a organization becomes huge and powerful, it devolves into a political monster that no longer represents the local, loyal members.
I am not an economist but it is clear to me that we are being taken advantage of around the world and by pretty much everyone. The Iran deal, Mexico, China, North Korean, etc.
Also, one of the tactics of a good negotiator is to ask for more than you want so that when compromises are made, you are more likely to be on target versus below target.
Free trade, like free choice, only works properly when its practitioners are honest and ethical.
Otherwise, the construct dissolves into anarchy.