Thanks for sending in your opinions. Here is what you said.

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In general, do you consider yourself:

21% said a supporter of NAFTA and similar agreements
26% said an opponent of all tariffs
21% said an opponent of free trade
32% said unsure

Suppose Peru banned beef imports from Argentina because some former Nazis once lived in Argentina. Which statement most closely matches your strongest reaction?

53% said That is up to Peru, it is none of my business.
37% said Peru should allow the imports, but force Argentine beef to be labeled as such so that consumers can make an informed choice.
10% said The WTO should tell Peru to allow beef imports from Argentina without special labeling.

Suppose Peru banned beef imports from Morocco when it learned that Moroccan cattle had been fed on sewage. Which statement most closely matches your strongest reaction?

53% said That is up to Peru, it is none of my business.
47% said Peru should allow the imports, but force Moroccan beef to be labeled as such so that consumers can make an informed choice.
0% said The WTO should tell Peru to allow beef imports from Morocco without special labeling.

Suppose Peru banned imports of a brand of telephone answering machines that was found to break within two weeks of normal use. Which statement most closely matches your strongest reaction?

53% said That is up to Peru, it is none of my business.
47% said Peru should allow the imports, but force the bad machines to be labeled as such so that consumers can make an informed choice.
0% said The WTO should tell Peru to allow the answering machine imports without special labeling.

Suppose Peru banned imports of a brand of sausage that contained a known poison. Which statement most closely matches your strongest reaction?

58% said That is up to Peru, it is none of my business.
42% said Peru should allow the imports, but force the poison sausage to be labeled as such so that consumers can make an informed choice.
0% said The WTO should tell Peru to allow the poison sausage imports without special labeling.

In general, how do you regard the World Trade Organization (WTO)?

10% said It does a lot of good
32% said It does a small amount of good
5% said It does a small amount of harm
53% said It does a lot of harm

In general, which do you think is the most needed role for government to fulfill? If the following roles were in conflict, which should take first priority?

11% said Promote new and expanding markets for products and services made by domestic companies.
11% said Persuade other nations to open up their markets.
78% said Protect citizens from danger and fraud.

If there were no laws requiring the labeling of products, such as listing the ingredients of food products, what do you think would be the result?

21% said The private sector would quickly offer such labeling in response to demand from consumers and we'd have essentially the same labels as currently required by law
68% said I would feel less safe
11% said I would feel more safe

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