International Publics Strongly Favor Labor and Environmental Standards in Trade Agreements
International Publics Strongly Favor Labor and Environmental Standards in Trade Agreements March 21, 2007 Overwhelming Majorities in Many Developing Countries and the United States Support Protections Questionnaire (PDF) Methodology/Research Partners (PDF) Strong majorities in developing nations around the world support requiring countries that sign trade agreements to meet minimum laborContinue Reading
World Publics See European Union as a “Positive Influence”
World Publics See European Union as a “Positive Influence” March 21, 2007 Most would like to See Europe Grow More Influential than the U.S. The European Union celebrates its 50th birthday March 25 with its members embroiled in controversies over enlargement, a proposed constitution and how to create jobs whileContinue Reading
Poll Finds Worldwide Agreement That Climate Change is a Threat
Publics Divide Over Whether Costly Steps Are Needed Full Report (PDF) Questionnaire (PDF) Methodology/Research Partners (PDF) An international poll finds widespread agreement that climate change is a pressing problem. This majority, however, divides over whether the problem of global warming is urgent enough to require immediate, costly measures or whetherContinue Reading
How Muslims and Americans View Each Other
How Muslims and Americans View Each Other March 12, 2007 Comments by Steven Kull, editor of WorldPublicOpinion.org, at the US-Islamic Forum in Doha, Qatar, February 18, 2007. For some years now, as part of developing the web resource WorldPublicOpinion.org, we have been conducting studies of public opinion in the MuslimContinue Reading
Latin American Publics are Skeptical About US-But Not About Democracy
March 7, 2007 Latin American Publics are Skeptical About US—But Not About Democracy President Bush’s effort to show Latin Americans that “you have a friend in the United States of America,” may be a hard sell during his five-nation tour of the region: A majority of Latin Americans view theContinue Reading