Republican and conservative voters have turned on multinational free trade agreements under President Trump’s economic nationalist leadership, with now a majority of GOP voters saying free trade has cost American jobs and largely hurt the United States. A poll by Harvard-Harris reveals that conservative voters are now the most opposed to free trade, with 54 percent saying free trade has hurt the U.S. Republican voters and Trump supporters follow closely behind conservatives in their opposition to free trade, with 53 percent of GOP voters agreeing that free trade has hurt the U.S. and 52 percent of Trump voters saying the same. Likewise, 54 percent of conservatives say free trade has cost Americans their jobs by allowing multinational corporations to readily outsource and offshore their work overseas to cheap, foreign markets. Independent voters are the most likely, about 65 percent, to say free trade costs American jobs, while 51 percent of Trump supporters say the same. Overall, a majority of Americans—55 percent—now say that free trade has come at the expense of American jobs. The poll comes as Trump has gone full speed ahead with his economic nationalist trade agenda, with the help of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and adviser Peter Navarro,
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