“You may lose at the margin some low-wage jobs. But free trade over the long haul, even the intermediate haul, is going to increase the wage level in the United States,” Weld said in a CNN Libertarian Town Hall joint interview with Gary Johnson .

Weld has strongly favored free trade in the past, believing it will produce high wage jobs.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld (R), Former Vice President Joe Biden (D), Beto O’Rourke (D) and Washington Governor Jay Inslee (D) are a few of the candidates who generally support free trade.

There have been positives to free trade , including an increase of economic growth, lower government spending and a transfer in technology.

Candidates who are generally pro-trade, or support free trade, generally support trade without tariffs, quotas or restrictions.

While there is no clear partisan divide amongst the candidates, there are clear sides for the voters, according to the Pew Research Center . According to a survey from 2018, free trade agreements were popular for 67 percent of Democrats and 43 percent of Republicans. From both parties overall, about 56 percent of Americans supported free trade agreements.

Wall Street however worries about this every day, as evidenced by Monday's plunge and recovery of a nearly 500 pt drop in the Dow , and its continued slide this week.

According to a survey by the Pew Research Center , global trade is a last priority for 2019 in the minds of Americans. Only 39 percent of the public believed global trade should be a top priority for President Trump and Congress in 2019.

In our 1st weekly series, Grafiti will summarize major issues in context of the upcoming 2020 U.S. presidential election, in charts. This week we (and the stock markets) are focusing on Global Trade.

In our 1st weekly series, Grafiti will summarize major issues in context of the upcoming 2020 U.S. presidential election, in charts. This week we (and the stock markets) are focusing on Global Trade.