> We've had 30-40 years of the most open trade regime in human history This is a totally false history. The Reagan administration "granted more import relief t

> We've had 30-40 years of the most open trade regime in human history This is a totally false history. The Reagan administration "granted more import relief to U.S. industry than any of his predecessors in more than half a century" (Secretary of the Treasury James Baker), with non-tarrif barriers (NTBs) that were "three times those of other leading countries."[1][2] [1] https://chomsky.info/199705__/ https://chomsky.info/199705__/ [2] See also Chomsky, Noam. "Industrial Policy for the Nineties." World Orders, Old and New. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. 106-119. https://www.amazon.com/World-Orders-Old-Noam-Chomsky/dp/0231101562 https://www.amazon.com/World-Orders-Old-Noam-Chomsky/dp/0231...