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Imagine European colonial powers circa 1900 complaining about being exploited by their colonies 
"oh no, we've spent 70 years creating a world order where we're in charge, and we've become the richest country in the world as a result, we've been had!"
To clear up, given the replies I'm getting: the narrative I'm talking about isn't "globalization has had serious downsides for some people in the US" (of course it has). It's literally "globalization is a foreign plot in which the US, as a country, is being exploited"
And yes, it's a narrative that is being pushed by representatives of the very elite that benefitted most from globalization -- certain billionaire politicians and millionaire news anchors -- not by disgruntled coal miners.
Americans are complaining about splitting of that pie within USA. Not that the pie doesn’t exist...
Thank you. Kind of puts into perspective Boris Johnson complaining about how poorly the EU is helping out with Brexit.
I'd say trying to trap the UK in a customs union from which it can't escape is a perfectly good reason to complain.
Trouble is, within the next decade they'll be overtaken by a communist state who has, without question, exploited open/free markets by selling huge amounts in exports globally and simultaneously inhibiting imports. So not sure you analysis is entirely correct.
Not to mention the wealthiest country on the planet will soon be one with have an appalling human rights record, imprisons ethnic minorities and political opposition. I think the US is right to tackle that, as it opposes literally everything the US/The West stands for.
While the US is, undoubtedly, one of the primary beneficiaries of globalization (not least, because it prints the global currency and, thus, has limitless credit), not all Americans were benefitted. Ask residents of the Rust-belt who lost all the manufacturing jobs...
I think the complaint is that concessions made earlier for other motives (cold war threat) no longer apply and thus the deals have outlived their usefulness
And yet... https://www.bea.gov/news/2019/us-international-investment-position-1st-quarter-2019-year-2018-and-annual-update … Free trade is great in theory, but sustained trade deficits is still an experiment...
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