because globalization is not going anywhere the job market is no longer muricah, capital is not bound by silly things like nation states, and companies recruit worldwide so you're not only competing with your former school mate but the chinese nicca with 7 degrees.
and your not gonna bring back jobs from china thats not how evolution works, those jobs are going to vietnam...and then to africa, so you better cut advantageous deals with those countries so you dont get under cut and screwed out of the market like china did yall
so you do trade deals or you perish, you're a consumer economy you're starting at a disadvantage
as they say, if your not at the table your on the menu