This is indeed a result of unfettered free trade. However in practice, such a competition is impossible, and the results produced by this chaos are that workers in the automobile industry lose their jobs, and we lose a valuable and not entirely replaceable resource. It is apparent in this transaction that the results of some free trade are neither desirable, predictable, nor controllable. We need to consider the intangible value of the commodities we are placing on the world market. Timber is a precious resource, technology is of inestimable value, losing control of our Nation's debt is deleterious to our sovereignty, and the loss of strategic military industries has decimated our defenses.
American businesses spend millions of dollars on marketing research.
Finding and developing markets is a costly and expensive procedure. It is the utmost foolishness for America to freely give away its markets. Tariffs have historically been used as a method of receiving remuneration for access to lucrative markets. Our founders believed in them, and our Nation was prosperous when they were used. This whole other side to the Free Trade debate is, of course, another subject which is seldom mentioned in current debate.