The state is the entity that signed all the free trade treaties in the first place — that enabled the outsourcing and let the production be moved out of the cou

The state is the entity that signed all the free trade treaties in the first place — that enabled the outsourcing and let the production be moved out of the country — and still has the power to set tariffs and industrial policy. So the author's argument is that the only way to fix these problems is through state power.