Almost two-thirds of Americans support tariffs on China: Poll
by Sean Higgins | April 09, 2018 01:26 PM
The Trump administration's move to slap stiff tariffs on Chinese goods is supported by about two-thirds of Americans despite strong partisan differences on the issue.
But while they supported the gesture of standing up to China, they were less confident that it would work.
Overall, 62 percent of Americans agree with the sentiment that the tariffs are worth the risk to get better trade deals, according to a new poll by Luntz Global Partners. That includes 88 percent of Republicans but only 34 percent of Democrats.
"We’re seeing the very same coalition that got the president elected in 2016 lend their support to Trump’s tariffs,†said Alyssa Salvo, president of the polling company.
"Voters don’t buy the ‘fear-factor’ that jobs are at-risk, instead agreeing that Trump’s tariffs are both ‘necessary,’ and in the words of Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, ‘long overdue,'" she said.
Nevertheless, 56 percent of The Trump administration's move to slap stiff tariffs on Chinese goods is supported by about two-thirds of Americans despite strong partisan differences on the issue.
But while they supported the gesture of standing up to China, they were less confident that it would work.
Overall, 62 percent of Americans agree with the sentiment that the tariffs are worth the risk to get better trade deals, according to a new poll by Luntz Global Partners. That includes 88 percent of Republicans but only 34 percent of Democrats.
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