With All the Economic Problems, Free Trade Fears Rise
No matter what type of investor, big brokerage corporations or online stock services they are feeling the pressures of a declining market. The market has been such bad news lately in recent months that people are starting to question the benefits of Free Trade.
A large majority - 68% - of those surveyed in a new Fortune poll says America’s trading partners are benefiting the most from free trade, not the U.S. That sense of victim hood is changing America’s attitude about doing business with the world.
We are a nation crawling into a fetal position, cramped by fear that America has lost control of its destiny in a fiercely competitive global economy. The fear is mostly about jobs lost overseas and wages capped by foreign competition.
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