Within the past few years, Americans have been moving towards a more isolationist foreign policy, with 49 percent of people believing that global economic engagement is a bad thing, and 56 percent of people believing that the
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been detrimental to the U.S. economy. In an attempt to protect parts of the U.S. economy, steel and aluminum tariffs have been imposed by the Trump administration, which the majority of Republicans support. Although this measure was projected to save jobs in the steel and aluminum sector, the measure was also projected to harm other sectors in every state.
One sign of improvement is that 43 percent of Americans believe they will be better off in five years than they are now, which will hopefully help to push the country away from the more detrimental aspects of nationalism.
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