What you call the "global free market" was not really a free market at all, it was a one sided exchange with the US on the wrong end of the deal as our politic

What you call the "global free market" was not really a free market at all, it was a one sided exchange with the US on the wrong end of the deal as our political leaders for decades have catered to special interests and large corporations to sign Trade Agreements that were good for the companies but bad for the People