Describe how the U.S. relationship to global free trade has changed over time.
What will be an ideal response?
For most of the United States' post-World War II history, it has been a champion and supporter of free trade as a means of improving its own economy and global prosperity. As globalization took hold in the 1980s, the level of global interdependence among economies, including that of the U.S., accelerated. Although the U.S. remains as interconnected with other countries as ever and is still largely supportive of the global free trade regime, the appearance of a large and enduring trade deficit in the 1970s has sometimes weakened its commitment. Some elected representatives oppose free trade, especially if they are from manufacturing-heavy states. The election of Donald Trump to the presidency brought to the forefront his "America First" policy, a major departure from the position of every president since World War II on free trade. He has withdrawn the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and threatened withdrawal from other free trade agreements, though he has sometimes made contradictory statements in favor of free trade with some groups.
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What will be an ideal response?
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