Anti-Americanism and Public Attitudes toward Transatlantic Trade

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ID6262179
AuthorsAlexander Jedinger (0000-0003-3511-0368), Alexandra Schoen
Year2018
Volume27
Issue3
Pages317-338
Publication date2018-07-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGerman Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0964-4008 • E-ISSN: 1743-8993
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09644008.2017.1332181
OpenAlexW2733210888
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited44

The recent debate about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has triggered widespread opposition to the trade agreement in Germany. It is not clear, however, what factors drive public attitudes toward transatlantic trade. This article explores the role of anti-Americanism in predicting attitudes toward TTIP among the German public. It argues that the impact of anti-Americanism depends on the extent to which political elites frame the TTIP proposal as a basic conflict between American and European values. Using data from two national representative surveys, it is found that attitudes toward America strongly predict support for the TTIP agreement. The results further demonstrate that the effect of national resentment is moderated by issue awareness, with citizens with a strong anti-American sentiment being significantly more likely to oppose the agreement if they follow the elite debate more closely. Taken together, the results suggest that national resentments are more important for the explanation of TTIP preferences than traditional factors such as partisanship, ideology and material concerns

Anti-Americanism · Economics · Elite · Free trade · German · Ideology · International trade · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Resentment · Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · World Trade Organization Law

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