The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday, July 17, edition that more than one in two American
businesses say the United States
is better off because of free trade
with Canada, with
strong support in the northeastern
U.S., says a new Nanos poll.
The Globe's Michelle Zilioa writes that the survey found that
54 per cent of U.S. businesses
think the U.S.'s economy is in
a better spot because of free
trade with Canada, while 15 per
cent believe it is worse off, 17 per
cent believe there has been no
impact and 14 per cent are
unsure.
Regionally speaking, surveyed
businesses in the northeastern
U.S. had the most positive
impression of free trade
with Canada, with 59 per cent
saying the U.S. economy is better
off because of it. Nearly 57 per
cent of surveyed businesses in
the southern U.S. had a
positive impression of free trade,
followed by the western U.S. at 52 per cent and Midwest
at 46 per cent.
The U.S. is expected to
release its official North American free-trade agreement negotiating
objectives on Monday. Canadian
officials say talks could
start within days, or at most
weeks.
Nik Nanos says: "American businesses see trade
with Canada as an opportunity.
It's not a threat."
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