text: 20 years ago a fair trade agreement would not have stirred the pot, but today it's a stand against the growing trend towards protectionism that is sweeping across Europe and the U.S. History has shown that protectionist countries eventually fall behind. This is bigger than saving factory jobs, this is about saving a globalism.
  
  As for those factory jobs... statistically, more factory jobs are being lost to automation than to fair trade. Protectionism touted by populist governments is not going to stop automation, and therefore won't stop job losses.