POLITICS: Global Poll Finds Pessimism, Linked to U.S. Power

"With the notable exceptions of China and India, a majority of people in 19 key countries are pessimistic about the world's current direction, says a just-released survey, which found a high correlation between that feeling and the belief that U.S. influence is increasingly negative, particularly as compared to Europe.
The survey, conducted by the international polling firm Globescan (formerly Environics International), also found stronger support for economic globalisation in developing countries than in industrialised nations, particularly in Europe, which also emerged as the world's most pessimistic region.
And it found that a clear majority of world opinion (56 percent) does not think rich countries are playing fair in trade negotiations with poor ones, although that perception is significantly more widespread in the rich nations themselves than in developing nations."