# Three-in-ten Americans see international trade as helping workers

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## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 3,000 U.S. adults conducted Jan. 18 to 24, 2024, 31% of Americans said international trade has more positive than negative consequences for workers, while 26% said it has more negative than positive consequences. Within the positive band, 15% said more positive than negative, 10% said mainly positive, and 5% said all positive; within the negative band, 16% said more negative than positive, 7% said mainly negative, and 3% said all negative.

Nearly half said the consequences are equally negative and positive (44%).

## Topline

On the whole, do you think that international trade has negative or positive consequences for workers?

31% of Americans see international trade as helping workers; 26% see it as hurting workers.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Equally negative and positive: 43.6%
- More negative than positive: 15.8%
- More positive than negative: 15.4%
- Mainly positive: 10.3%
- Mainly negative: 6.6%
- All positive: 4.9%
- All negative: 3.5%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2024-01-18 → 2024-01-24
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

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## Citation

Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006, fielded January 18-24, 2024, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.5%.

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