Read current issue. Clinton caught considerable flack for moderate positions that any reasonable American should support unequivocally. Specifically, he refused to soften U.S. anti-dumping laws, and said countries that violate basic human rights should be subjected to trade sanctions. The Japanese lobbyists hate the anti-dumping part and dictatorships large and small have their backs up about human rights. Yes, I know I represent the minority view.
Free trade is supposed to bring a higher standard of living to all countries.
Unfortunately, it rests on the assumption that every country in the free- trade pact has zero unemployment. In Ricardo's hypothetical world with zero unemployment, free trade allows each company to allocate its labor to the things it does best. So in this world, at least from our perspective, the United States would use its workers where the returns on their efforts are greatest. The rest of the world would supply the goods and services that have unacceptable returns for American workers. Everyone in every country would be employed at the most rewarding work available for his or her relative skills, so everyone should be happy.