Making Sense of Anti-trade Sentiment

Roger White is Associate Professor of Economics at Whittier College, USA. His research largely focuses on international trade, labor, and migration. Roger has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and he is the author of three books.

• PART I: WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ANTI-TRADE SENTIMENT 1. Nearly Two Centuries Have Passed Since David Ricardo… 2. Public Opinion of International Trade: America and the World 3. A Shift in Comparative Advantage? PART II: IN SEARCH OF STOLPER-SAMUELSON(-LIKE) EFFECTS 4. The Influences of Trade on Industry-level Wages and Employment 5. Value Share Import Competition and U.S. Manufacturing Employment 6. The Employment Effects of Free Trade Agreements and Industry Trade-orientation 7. Import Competition and the Probability of Job Displacement 8. State and Regional Variation in the Probability of Trade-related Job Displacement PART III: THE SMOOTH ADJUSTMENT HYPOTHESIS AND POLICIES THAT ASSIST TRADE-DISPLACED WORKERS 9. Does Intra-industry Trade Explain a Lack of Trade-related Labor Market Dynamics 10. Displacement-related Earnings Losses: Evaluating Trade Adjustment Assistance and Wage Insurance PART IV: MAKING SENSE OF ANTI-TRADE SENTIMENT 11. What May Explain Anti-trade Sentiment Among the American Public 12. Identifying the Determinants of Pro- and Anti-trade Sentiment 13. Conclusions