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How does the United States really feel about expanding trade?
How do people around the world feel about expanding trade between nations? In summer 2007, the Pew

Foundation surveyed 45,000 people in 47 countries. One of the questions asked about opinions on growing trade

ties between countries. Table 20.3 shows the percentages who answered either “very good” or “somewhat good”

for some of countries surveyed.

For those who think of the United States as the world’s leading supporter of expanding trade, the survey results may
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be perplexing. When adding up the shares of those who say that growing trade ties between countries is “very good”

or “somewhat good,” Americans had the least favorable attitude toward increasing globalization, while the Chinese

and South Africans ranked highest. In fact, among the 47 countries surveyed, the United States ranked by far the

lowest on this measure, followed by Egypt, Italy, and Argentina.
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