Inside Trade

September 9, 2024

Insider Interview

Cato’s Lincicome, citing new survey, says Americans prefer free trade – but don’t know the facts

By Jason Asenso  / August 13, 2024 at 12:50 PM
A majority of Americans are in favor of a free trade agenda, though the views of many remain “muddled” because they don’t pay much attention to trade policy, a Cato Institute analyst tells Inside U.S. Trade , citing the results of a new survey on globalization. Cato, a libertarian think tank, last week published the results of a wide-ranging survey that found 63 percent of Americans want to boost trade with other nations and 75 percent are concerned about tariffs...

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