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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Josh Marcus

Just 42 percent of Americans think Trump's trade war will help economy, new poll finds

Voters remain unsupportive of the Trump administration’s proposals to impose tariffs on U.S. trading partners Canada, Mexico, and China, though there’s also considerable confusion throughout the country about how tariffs even work.

Such lagging support may influence how the White House handles future trade policy in the coming days, after it agreed to suspend planned 25 percent tariffs on both Canada and Mexico for the next month just two days after imposing them.

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