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Americans and Germans Disagree on the State of Bilateral Relations, but Largely Align on Key International Issues
Americans say the U.S. is the world’s leading economy, but Germans think China is
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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