Affecting the U.S?

I think that free trade has A LOT of affect on the U.S and other countries it works with. It seems like a trend, certainly with the idea how with us in America, it's always about getting the cheapest prices for supplies. To me it seems like this affects the US worker on many accounts. It actually ruins jobs in America , especially the fact that we don't have a lot of jobs in the U.S especially through the struggle of the economy and the fact that we are exporting our jobs is even worse. It seems like free trade has more negative effects than actual positive affects. I think that if we as a country were to go ahead and open new factories, there are a lot of bright people here who come up with great ideas/inventions. We counld always produce them here, export them out and make a whole lot of money out of it. I think especially since the fact we are going through a terrible crisis it would make a lot of sense to do that. But I feel like a lot of the laws are getting in the way, but either way, we need to find a solution to fix sweatshops in other countries, and to be able to fix the economy and etc. It would only benefit our society. :)