The U.S. used trade agreements to achieve a number of diplomatic outcomes in the post cold-war era, including closeness to Europe and China, to keep Soviet infl

The U.S. used trade agreements to achieve a number of diplomatic outcomes in the post cold-war era, including closeness to Europe and China, to keep Soviet influence down. The Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore though, and China is certainly no longer our ally against them. Europe's economy doesn't need us to provide a one-sided market for their exports anymore to juice their economy either. The purpose of that was to keep them from going red. Putin notwithstanding, that's not very likely anymore.