Global Trade

People in many countries support foreign companies building factories in their own nation. But fewer support foreign firms buying domestic ones.

Remittances – money sent by migrants to their home countries – are projected to fall by a record 20% this year.

When it comes to economic relations, some in Taiwan are more willing to work with both Beijing and Washington.

Germans are increasingly negative about their relationship with the U.S. Also, Germans are more comfortable than Americans with globalization.

There is widespread support in Taiwan for increased economic and political ties with the U.S. While many are wary of stronger political ties with mainland China, about half would favor stronger economic relations.

More countries still name the U.S. as the foremost economic power than say the same of China. And, even in nations that welcome China’s economic growth, few feel similarly about its growing military might.

Unfavorable opinion of China in the U.S. is at its highest level in 14 years of polling. Americans also increasingly see China as a threat, and more than half see friction in the current bilateral economic relationship.

The most export-dependent places in America often are far from big cities and are more likely to be in the South or Midwest than the coasts.

Money sent by immigrants to their home countries in sub-Saharan Africa reached a record $41 billion in 2017.

Worldwide, an estimated $625 billion (USD) was sent by migrants to individuals in their home countries in 2017, a 7% increase from 2016, when the amount was $586 billion, according to economists at the World Bank. This increase follows two consecutive years of decline.