A recent survey found that, by and large, people support free trade. So why don't our politicians?
This week, the Cato Institute released its 2024 Trade and Globalization National Survey. Of the 2,000 American adults polled by YouGov, 66 percent said that international trade is good for the U.S. economy. When half of the respondents were asked if they "favor or oppose the United States increasing trade with other nations," 63 percent were in favor. (The other half were instead asked if they "favor or oppose people in the United States trading more with people from other nations," to which a smaller majority of 53 percent responded favorably.)
