I used to be a big free trade kind of guy, but experience has shown that it’s a hypothetical thing only; the real world contains zero counterparties willing to free trade on even terms.
And if you’re free trading while the other partner is not, you’re going to get asset stripped, and your industrial base will be absconded with, as China has done to us over the past few decades.
Ultimately, free trade is immoral; it harms the survival of the nation in exchange for phantom benefits than never really materialize.
Why yes it is. That is why I lovingly call them Free Traitors™. That moniker fits them like a glove.