Global Economy & Trade

The Chinese Communist Party is preparing for its 20th National Congress, an event likely to result in an unprecedented third term for President Xi Jinping. Since Xi took office in 2013, opinion of China in the U.S. and other advanced economies has turned more negative. How did it get to be this way?

Large majorities in most of the 19 countries surveyed have negative views of China, but relatively few say bilateral relations are bad.

Many U.S. adults describe cyberattacks from other countries (71%) and the spread of misinformation online (70%) as major threats to the U.S.

Yet renewable sources, like wind and solar, remain Americans’ overall priority for domestic production.

Americans see China as a growing superpower – and increasingly say it is the world’s leading economy.

With new 2022 survey results just around the corner, here are five of the many insights from the newly added data available on the database.

17% of the global population could be considered middle income in 2020. Most people were either low income (51%) or poor (10%).

Despite an uptick in positive views of the economy in some places, many say that children will be worse off financially than their parents.

Putting minimum wage policy in the hands of lawmakers is one of several ways in which the U.S. approach stands apart from other countries.

Here are five key findings about people’s attitudes toward systemic reforms in the U.S., France, Germany and the UK.