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Voters Not Sold On Trump's China Tariff Proposal

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A new survey from YouGov has found that voters are more supportive of former President Donald Trump's approach to China than President Biden's, but are divided on Trump's proposal to impose 60%+ tariffs on Chinese goods.

  • YouGov: “Americans are divided on this proposal: 38% strongly or somewhat support it while 35% strongly or somewhat oppose it. About half of Republicans (52%) support a 60% tariff on Chinese goods, which is significantly more than the 30% of Democrats who are in favor of it.”
  • YouGov add: “How do Americans evaluate the trade policies of the front-runners for the major parties' presidential nominations? Somewhat more strongly or somewhat approve of Trump's approach to foreign trade (42%) than do of Biden's (31%). Democrats are more likely than Republicans to be unsure what they think of both candidates' positions on trade, and Independents are even likelier to be unsure: nearly half say they don't have an opinion.”

Figure 1: “Would you support or oppose imposing a 60% tariff on goods imported from China? (%)”

Source: YouGov

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