Anti-Americanism and Economic Globalization: Free Trade, Open Markets and Public Opinion in Mexico
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anti-Americanism, economic globalization, open marketsAbstract
In this article, we examine how attitudes toward the United States shape trade and investmentpolicy preferences in Mexico. To the extent that rising anti-Americanism changes public opinion on the desirability of free trade and open markets, increased economic globalization may be at risk frompublics and governments who seek to break its advance in multilateral trade negotiations or force itsretreat through domestic protectionist policies. We measure Mexican attitudes with public opiniondata drawn from the recent Mxico y el Mundo 2004 survey. We find that, in Mexico, rational sociotropicand retrospective evaluations, as well as non-rational political and social values, tend to driveattitudes toward trade and investment, but rational expectations about average economic prospectsdo not. Our results suggest that the well-documented rise in anti-Americanism and opposition toAmerican foreign policy may indeed put economic globalization at risk
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