I'm on the side of free trade and dont think there is a single policy. The strongest arguments I can think of are:

1) raise tax revenue in a way that partially falls on foreign nationals

2) reduce trade deficits and foreign purchasing of treasuries.

3) Increase relative power if other economies are damaged more than the US. There are situations where zero and negative sum strategies are optimal, like war, where it is better to have a larger % of a smaller overall pie.

4) stimulate demand for us labor