Abstract

KOCHER, Matthew Adam  and  MINUSHKIN, Susan. Anti-Americanism and Economic Globalization: Free Trade, Open Markets and Public Opinion in Mexico.Translated byJuan Pablo Argueta Sandoval. Polít. gob [online]. 2007, vol.14, n.1, pp.77-115. ISSN 1665-2037.

In this article, we examine how attitudes toward the United States shape trade and investment policy 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 from publics and governments who seek to break its advance in multilateral trade negotiations or force its retreat through domestic protectionist policies. We measure Mexican attitudes with public opinion data drawn from the recent México y el Mundo 2004 survey. We find that, in Mexico, rational sociotropic and retrospective evaluations, as well as non-rational political and social values, tend to drive attitudes toward trade and investment, but rational expectations about average economic prospects do not. Our results suggest that the well-documented rise in anti-Americanism and opposition to American foreign policy may indeed put economic globalization at risk.

Keywords : anti-Americanism; economic globalization; open markets.

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