Indians feel globalisation is good for health: study
GLOBAL APPEAL
• 64% say international trade is good
• 59% feel it is good for companies
• 54% agree it is good for standard of living
• 32% hold the opposite view
Many Indians believe that globalisation benefits their country and think that international trade is positive for their economy and the environment, according to a new study. But many others in the world felt trade harmed the environment and threatened jobs and wanted to mitigate these effects with environment and labour standards, it said.• 59% feel it is good for companies
• 54% agree it is good for standard of living
• 32% hold the opposite view
Asked whether globalisation and increasing connection of the economy with others around the world were good or bad, Indians by a margin of 54-30% felt it was good by a margin of 54-30%. As many as 64% say international trade is good for the economy and 59% feel it is good for companies.
A majority of 61% of respondents believe that international trade is good for consumers and 54% agree it is good for standard of living. Of the sample, 56 % believe that international trade is good for creating jobs but only 32% hold the opposite view
The survey, the fifth in a series, was carried out by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and World Public Opinion in cooperation with polling organisations around the World. The same constituted 56% of the world’s population.
On the issue of whether international trade is good for job security, Indians are divided, with 49% saying it is good and 37% considering it bad.
More than 8 in 10 believe that protecting domestic jobs should be an important foreign policy goal. The Indian reaction to whether the country should accept adverse rulings of the WTO is mixed: 37% believe it should comply as a general rule, 29% say it should not and 21% feel it “depends”.