Neither assumption you describe is necessarily present in the position you are responding to. The US could have below average labor protections and still legiti

Neither assumption you describe is necessarily present in the position you are responding to. The US could have below average labor protections and still legitimately be worried about outsourcing labor to countries with even lower labor protections. This is precisely what globalization agreements don't just say "ok, no tarrifs guys". Those low tarrifs are tied to mandated regulations to out a floor on "races to the bottom". Thus globalization is necessarily a trade off between economic performance and regulatory autonomy.