Americans Sour on Trade

From:  Wall Street Journal

Americans Sour on Trade:  Majority Say Free-Trade Pacts Have Hurt U.S.; Wedge Issue in Some Races
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The American public, already skeptical of free trade, is becoming increasingly hostile to it.


Across the country, politicians are responding accordingly, and that is clouding prospects for congressional approval of pending free-trade pacts with South Korea and Colombia. It is also prompting concern among U.S. businesses reliant on the rest of the world for growth. . . . .