Some of the characterizations seem misleading to me. For example, I would definitely like to see produce labeled with where it came from, and I don't see such as a restriction of free trade, but rather of providing the free market with information.

For a less partisan approach:
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/0117_trade_brainard_Opp08.aspx

Clinton and Obama both seem to like the idea of government controlling every aspect of people's lives. Why would trade be any different?

Justin (NC):
So do the Republicans. Or have you been asleep these past 7 years?

For example, I would definitely like to see produce labeled with where it came from, and I don't see such as a restriction of free trade, but rather of providing the free market with information.

Now, thats a bad attitude right there. We'll tell you what you need to know -- lest you make irrational decisions like not buying perfectly healthy GMO products. We are only saving you from yourself and from injecting your irrational preferences in our Well Functioning Market.

There's a good point, if only via illustration by example. How do you keep informational regulation from being captured by propagandists bent on inciting moral panics? Such as enviro-luddites bent on capturing USDA regulatory authority in aid of this or that crusade against the evils of agribusiness.