Who Feels Helped By Free Trade Agreements House hold income $150K & above 55
Perceptions of the personal impact of free trade vary widely across different groups in the population. Older Americans and those with lower levels of income and education are the least likely to say their financial situation has been helped by free trade agreements.
By contrast, the wealthiest and best educated are much more positive about trade’s effects on themselves and their families. For example, just 22% of those with household incomes under $20,000 annually believe trade agreements have helped them financially; 47% think trade has hurt them. At the other end of the income scale, 55% of those earning $150,000 or more say free trade has been good for them financially; just 12% say it has been bad.
Roughly four-in-ten people in the West (43%) say free trade has helped their finances. That compares with 37% in the Northeast and 33% in the South. In the Midwest, just 31% say trade has helped their financial situation and 42% say it has hurt ­ a number that rises to 51% among those making less than $40,000 annually.
Who Feels Helped By  | Free Trade Agreements  | Total 35  | House hold income  | $150K & above 55  | 40  | $75-149 9999  | $50-74.999  | 41  | 41 35  | $40149 999  | $20-39.999  | Under $20,000 22  | Age  | 18-29 48  | 43  | 30-39  | 30 32 30  | 40-49  | 50. 59  | 60-60  | 23  | 100  | Education  | Graduate sc hool 48  | College degree  | 36  | 37  | Some college  | 33  | High school grad  | 26  | Less than HS  | Region  | Northeast 31  | 31  | Midwest  | South 33  | W est 43 