How is not allowing US companies to exploit workers in developing countries "colonialism"? If anything, exporting work to cheaper countries with less worker pro

How is not allowing US companies to exploit workers in developing countries "colonialism"? If anything, exporting work to cheaper countries with less worker protections is the modern day version of colonialism. As another commentator said, the US can have fewer worker protections than Europe and still more than developing countries. I assume that the OP meant that US labor laws would be a minimum standard chosen because that's what US companies would have to follow if they didn't outsource, not because it's objectively the best labor standard.