Free Trade: Not So Bad |
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April 28,2009
The economy is as bad as it’s been since the Great Depression, the International Monetary Fund tells us. Protectionism is on the rise, the World Trade Organization warns.
The economy is as bad as it’s been since the Great Depression, the International Monetary Fund tells us. Protectionism is on the rise, the World Trade Organization warns.
Nevertheless, reports the Pew Center for the People and the Press, Americans are feeling more positive about free trade. By a 44% to 35% margin, Americans said that free-trade agreements are good for the country, according to a poll of 3,013 adults conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. That’s almost precisely the opposite of a year ago, when the survey found that Americans by a 48% to 35% margin said that the deals were bad for America.
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