That's the thing - shipping out jobs with a "free trade" policy is functionally equivalent to opening the doors with an "anyone, everyone" immigration policy.
While I see lots of people complaining about H1Bs, I don't see too many willing to give up their cheap Pakistani-made clothes and offering to pay more so Americans can get textile jobs back. So really, too me, this is just people not giving a damn about their country, they're just upset when it's their own private turf is being invaded. Which is a very human way to view things, but it doesn't really make sense.
What does strike me as strange is that we see so many (finally) getting a clear view on what is driving the Euro apart - yet not seeing the same thing is happens in slow motion when you engage with a low-labor-cost trade partner who pegs their currency to yours. It really is just another expression of the same underlying problem.
