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Americans and Germans Disagree on the State of Bilateral Relations, but Largely Align on Key International Issues
Germans increasingly want to spend more on defense, even as fewer Americans see a need for European allies to enlarge defense budgets
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- Americans and Germans Disagree on the State of Bilateral Relations, but Largely Align on Key International Issues
- Americans and Germans diverge sharply in their views of bilateral relations
- Germans want fewer immigrants in their country, while Americans want to keep levels the same
- Americans are divided on initial tariffs for German products, but Germans strongly favor retaliatory tariffs
- Germans, Americans share positive views of trade, as well as doubts about benefits
- Pessimism about children’s future is widespread in U.S. and Germany
- Americans and Germans worry about the financial situation of average people
- More positive views of the U.S. and confidence in Trump among AfD supporters
- Negative ratings for Trump and U.S. in Germany
- Germans prefer U.S. as world leader
- Americans say the U.S. is the world’s leading economy, but Germans think China is
- Germans and Americans express diminishing confidence in U.S. government’s treatment of rights
- Germans and Americans both skeptical of China’s commitment to personal freedoms; Germans also doubt U.S. commitment to civil liberties
- Germans previously viewed China less favorably than Americans did, but attitudes have converged of late
- Germans and Americans have low opinions of Russia
- Americans and Germans have similar concerns about global threats
- Germans increasingly want to spend more on defense, even as fewer Americans see a need for European allies to enlarge defense budgets
- Both U.S. and Germany are positive toward NATO
- Americans want to remain close to Europe, but Germans want more foreign policy independence from U.S.
- Germans agree that France and U.S. are top foreign policy partners
- Partisan differences in the U.S. on top foreign policy partners
- Germans are about four times as likely as Americans to view the other country as an important partner for foreign policy
- Democrats want more cooperation with other countries than Republicans do, except on Russia
- Americans want more cooperation with European allies – including Germany – but Germans are less likely to want cooperation with the U.S.
- Republicans and Democrats have differing views on relations with Germany and Angela Merkel
- Americans and Germans have similar views on international, economic issues