Why are we writing about this?
US president Donald Trump suspended on Wednesday for 90 days additional duties on goods from countries with which the United States has a trade deficit. These tariffs began to apply 1 minute after midnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. He did not just suspend duties on China, which increased to 125 percent.
Trump announced that, given that more than 75 countries had come to Washington with an offer of trade negotiations and that they had not taken reprisal action, he decided to refrain from imposing an increased rate for the remainder of the countries for 90 days. At this time, the basic duties, which amount to 10%, are to apply.
Donald Trump's duties. What do the Poles think?
The SW investigation poll commissioned by the “Rzeczpospolita” respondents asked how Trump's decision to impose duties on most trading partners, including the European Union, affected their perception of the US.
- 51.8 percent of survey participants declared that they are now assessing the United States more negatively
- 8.2% of respondents said that they now see the US in a more affirmative light
- 23.5% of respondents felt that their opinion on the United States had not changed.
- 16.5% had no opinion on the matter
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