Perspectives on Trade and Poverty Reduction, a project of GMF’s Economic Policy program, is a survey of transatlantic public opinion on international trade, economic development, and poverty reduction. Conducted in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, it also explores views on agricultural policies, immigration, and aid to and trade with developing countries.

In fact, majorities in the U.S. and Europe appreciate aid and trade as development tools and believe they can help reduce poverty, build democracy, and enhance global stability. And despite anxieties over outsourcing and China’s economic rise, support for freer trade and other pro-globalization policies remains relatively high in the U.S. and Europe.

In addition, the survey, in its fourthyear, also explores views on agricultural subsidies, development aid, immigration, and the impact of freer trade domestically and internationally. Some of this year's key findings include:

• DISSATISFACTION WITH ECONOMY PERSISTS, THOUGH OPTIMISM GROWING IN EUROPE
  
  
• UNCERTAINTY OVER GLOBALIZATION, BUT MOST FAVOR PRO-GLOBALIZATION POLICIES
  
  
• MOST FAVOR DEEPENING TRANSATLANTIC TIES AND REGULATORY COOPERATION
  
  
• DECLINING U.S. GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT
  
  
• MAJORITIES WANT TO TRADE WITH AND GIVE AID TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  
  
• EXCLUDING BRITISH, EUROPEANS MORE THREATENED BY CHINA THAN AMERICANS ARE
  
  
• MOST SEE IMMIGRANT WORKERS AS BURDEN ON SOCIAL SERVICES
  
  
• REPUBLICANS MORE ANXIOUS OVER IMMIGRATION
  
  
• “TRADE” NOT AS THREATENING TO JOBS AS OUTSOURCING, IMMIGRATION, AND CURRENCY MANIPULATION