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¡Despierta México! Changing Public Attitudes Toward NAFTA, 2008–2018

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2022

Mark Aspinwall Open the ORCID record for Mark Aspinwall [Opens in a new window]  and
Gerardo Maldonado Open the ORCID record for Gerardo Maldonado [Opens in a new window]
Mark Aspinwall
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Mark Aspinwall is a professor of international relations at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City, Mexico. mark.aspinwall@cide.edu.
Gerardo Maldonado
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Gerardo Maldonado is an associate professor of international relations at CIDE. gerardo.maldonado@cide.edu.
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Abstract

Regional trade agreements have important consequences for developing countries, but the public opinion literature on trade agreements suffers from several shortcomings. Most significant is that studies tend to take a single year as the point of analysis, leaving us uncertain as to how opinion evolves. This study uses polling data to examine Mexicans’ attitudes toward NAFTA over a ten-year period. Results from regression analyses show an association between Mexicans’ support for the United Nations and their support for NAFTA, and a weaker relationship for other types of cues (presidential, the United States), than other studies have found. The data also reveal an association between Donald Trump’s arrival in the presidency and increased support for NAFTA.

Keywords

North American Free Trade Agreementpublic opinionMexicotime seriescueingDonald TrumpUnited Nations
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Research Article
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Latin American Politics and Society , Volume 64 , Issue 1 , February 2022 , pp. 23 - 46
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© The Authors 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the University of Miami

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Conflict of interest: We, (Mark Aspinwall and Gerardo Maldonado), declare none.

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