It's an interesting question. But doesn't the fact that coastal regions are pro-trade and interior lands are against it tell us that people are pro-trade when they engage in it and against it when they don't?
So a response may be to get more people engage in trade and globalization instead of only seeing the bad sides, the closed factories, etc.
How does one do that I don't know. Maybe Google should move its campus to Iowa.
I think that's both an accurate assessment and a useful prescription.
I don't know how to get more people to engage in trade either. Better education, probably. Even though I live in the Bay Area, used to work for a multinational corporation, know plenty of immigrants (including a parent), and have entrepreneurial friends that basically employ an army of international contractors through UpWork, I still find myself reluctant to take the plunge and take advantage of globalization.
So a response may be to get more people engage in trade and globalization instead of only seeing the bad sides, the closed factories, etc.
How does one do that I don't know. Maybe Google should move its campus to Iowa.