Millennials Are The Free Trade Generation

Millennials Are The Free Trade Generation by Guy Bentley, Foundation For Economic Education

Young People Are Globalized and Loving It

Despite the protestations of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and his legions of young socialist followers, free trade is more popular among millennials than any other age group in the country.

According to a YouGov poll, millennials split from the rest of the population in their support for free trade, with 48 percent saying free trade agreements are good for the U.S. and just 12 percent saying they are bad for the country.

“Free trade has been a fixture of this age group’s existence, however, as even the oldest would have only been seven years old when North American Free Trade...