What explains variation in individual preferences for foreign economic engagement? Although a large and growing literature addresses that question, little research examines how partner countries affect public opinion on policies such as trade, foreign aid, and investment. We construct a new theory arguing that political side-taking by outside powers shapes individuals’ support for engaging economically with those countries. We test the theory using original surveys in the United States and Tunisia. In both cases, the potential partner country's side-taking in the partisan politics of the respondents’ country dramatically shapes support for foreign economic relations. As the rise of new aid donors, investors, and trade partners creates new choices in economic partners, our theory and findings are critical to understanding mass preferences about open economic engagement.

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外国干预和大众对国际经济参与的态度

是什么解释了个人对外经济参与偏好的差异？尽管大量且不断增长的文献解决了这个问题，但很少有研究探讨伙伴国家如何影响公众对贸易、对外援助和投资等政策的看法。我们构建了一个新理论，认为外部势力的政治偏袒塑造了个人对与这些国家进行经济交往的支持。我们使用美国和突尼斯的原始调查来测试该理论。在这两种情况下，潜在合作伙伴国家在受访者所在国家的党派政治中的支持极大地影响了对外经济关系的支持。随着新的援助捐助者、投资者和贸易伙伴的兴起为经济伙伴创造了新的选择，