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A shipping container is offloaded from the Hong Kong-based ship CSCL East China Sea at the Port of Oakland in California on June 20. (Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n

Americans\u2019 views of the new tariffs between the United States and some of its trading partners tilt more negative than positive, a new Pew Research Center survey finds.<\/p>\n\n

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Overall, nearly half (49%) of U.S. adults say increased tariffs between the U.S. and its trading partners will be bad for the country. A smaller share (40%) say the tariffs will be good for the U.S., while 11% say they don\u2019t know how the tariffs will affect the country.<\/p>\n\n

The debate over trade has registered widely with the public: 82% say they have heard either a lot (48%) or a little (34%) about the Trump administration\u2019s decision to increase tariffs on goods from a number of countries \u2013 including China and Canada \u2013 and the tariffs those countries have placed on U.S. goods in response.<\/p>\n\n

The survey, conducted July 11-15 among 1,007 adults, finds that attitudes toward the tariffs are deeply polarized. About seven-in-ten (73%) Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say increased tariffs between the U.S. and its trading partners will be a good thing for the country. Roughly the same share of Democrats and Democratic leaners (77%) say the increased tariffs will be a bad thing for the U.S.<\/p>\n\n

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The party divide today is even wider than the gap seen in May<\/a>, when the Center asked about a proposal to increase tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. At that time, 58% of Republicans thought tariffs on steel and aluminum would be a good thing for the country, while 63% of Democrats said they would be a bad thing.<\/p>\n\n

Views on the tariffs now in effect differ by level of education. By 56% to 38%, college graduates think increased tariffs will be bad for the country. By contrast, those without a college degree are about as likely to say they will be good (42%) than bad (45%) for the U.S.<\/p>\n\n

Among whites, educational differences are even more pronounced. Whites without a college degree are significantly more likely to think the tariffs will be good than bad for the U.S. (52% to 38%). Whites with a college degree take the opposite view: More expect them to be bad (53%) than good (39%) for the country.<\/p>\n\n

Among both Republicans and Democrats, there are also differences in views of the tariffs by ideology.<\/p>\n\n

Eight-in-ten conservative Republicans and Republican leaners think the increased tariffs between the U.S. and its trading partners will be good for the country. A smaller majority (61%) of moderate and liberal Republicans say the same.<\/p>\n\n

Similarly, among Democrats and Democratic leaners, liberals (82%) are more likely than conservatives and moderates (72%) to say they expect the increased tariffs to be bad for the U.S.<\/p>\n\n

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While there is a gap in views among Democrats by level of education, there are no such educational differences among Republicans. Democrats with a college degree take an overwhelmingly negative view of the new tariffs: 89% of college-educated Democrats think they will be bad for the U.S. Among Democrats without a college degree, a somewhat smaller share (70%) takes this view.<\/p>\n\n

Among Republicans, comparable majorities of those with (73%) and without (74%) a college degree think the tariffs will be good for the country.<\/p>\n\n

Note: See full topline results<\/a> and methodology here<\/a> (PDF).<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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