A survey conducted for Reuters by Ipsos just after Trump's inauguration showed that most adult Americans do not want to see fresh duties on goods imported from Canada (37 percent for, 60 percent against) or Mexico (41 percent for, 55 percent against).
The CBS/YouGov poll conducted in November after the election showed greater support for customs duties on goods from another countries overall, with divided opinions on the introduction of fresh tariffs (52 percent for, 48% against) — but even in this study, 59% of adult Americans expected that duties would origin price increases, only 18% thought that duties would contribute to their reduction.
In the same survey, 79% of respondents felt that Trump should make a precedence a simplification in the price of goods and services erstwhile creating policies during the transition period, which was ahead of another policy issues and far beyond the percent of people considering the imposition of duties as equally crucial (26%).
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In a survey conducted by the University of Quinnipiac just after Trump took office, registered voters found from 48% to 42% that "American duties on goods produced in another countries" were more likely to harm than aid the American economy.
There is area for these opinions to be changed 1 way or the another if duties are introduced and American consumers start to feel their impact on prices. In the Reuters/Ipsos study, about half of the population did not have a strong opinion on customs duties in Canada or Mexico.
In the January CNN poll, as much as 80% of adult Americans believed that it was at least rather likely that Trump would introduce duties on goods from Mexico, Canada and China, which is simply a higher percent than in the case of 9 another possible actions that were the subject of the study. A smaller group, 30%, believed it was "very likely" that the president would introduce specified tariffs.
