There is no such thing as a "free trade" agreement.

Trade agreements are negotiated by governments to better the profit positions of the multinational corporations that influence and control those governments.

To envision the results of those agreements, just study the results of equivalent trade practices between the US and China.

These trade agreements are made between the elite one percent of one political entity and the elite one percent of another political entity. For their respective populations, no good will come of it.

Europe has much more trade and more "free trade" than the US and, perhaps surprisingly from your point of view, a much stronger middle class with a much superior distribution of income than we have in the US. They provide tariff free access for goods from the poorest countries without requiring similar treatment for European goods exported to those countries.

India already has "free trade agreements" with Japan and several other countries. It is negotiating with, in addition to the EU, Canada, EFTA (Norway, Switzerland and Iceland). Obviously, there are a lot of progressive countries that are not afraid to trade with poorer ones.

Do you think that all international trade just benefits the elite or is it just trade agreements that do so?

The statistics would seem to indicate otherwise, since the countries that have more trade are fairer, more equitable societies than countries that trade relatively little.

BTW, we don't have a "free trade agreement" with China. Among advanced countries only New Zealand (effective 10/1/08) does have one and only Australia, Norway and Iceland are negotiating them with China.