Gallup on trade

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Dec 7 09:19:04 PST 1999


[from Gallup's weekly update]

Americans Favor China Trade Agreement, but Agree That Workers Could Be Hurt Support is about the same as for NAFTA

Tens of thousands of protestors were in Seattle last week for the World Trade Organization meetings, arguing that increased foreign trade with China and other countries will have a multitude of injurious effects on the U.S. and the world's economy and workers, and on the environment. A new Gallup poll suggests that while the American public may agree with some of these negative predictions, on balance the public favors the recent U.S. trade agreement with China in about the same way that Americans ultimately came to favor NAFTA after its passage by the House in 1993.

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