October 9, 2019, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Brendan Helm , Alexander Hitch , and Dina Smeltz, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), This survey finds that though Republicans and Democrats differ on whether President Trump’s strategy is an effective approach to trade policy, the American public...

August 26, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, REUTERS, Download Report (PDF), 2021 Chicago Council Survey data show a majority of Americans support a range of US policies towards Taiwan: recognition as an independent country, inclusion in international organizat...

September 2, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Sam Dong , Craig Kafura , Yawei Liu , and Nick Zeller, Pavel Bednyakov / AP, Download Report (PDF), Other neighboring countries, including Japan, India, the Philippines, and Vietnam, are viewed less favorably., New research conduc...

October 8, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff and Lama El Baz, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), While the US public believes trade is good for the economy, it does favors some restrictions—especially on goods such as semiconductors., The 2023 Chicago Council Survey, conduct...

July 9, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Jacquelyn Martin / AP, Download Report (PDF), Majorities of young Americans agree the alliance is essential to US security but at lower levels than older generations., Chicago Council on Global Affairs research has shown that younger ge...

January 19, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), Republicans with very favorable views of Trump are more likely than other GOP backers to support deportations for undocumented immigrants., While Republicans have been concerned abo...

June 26, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Jacquelyn Martin / AP, Download Report (PDF), Majorities in USMCA publics believe the 2020 trilateral free trade agreement has been beneficial to their economies, but Mexicans and Canadians are reticent about how much t...

May 9, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Dina Smeltz, Bernat Armangue / AP, Download Report (PDF), To address the Red Sea attacks, Americans would rather use economic sanctions to force the Houthis (and Iran) to concede the waters., On May 6, US President Donald Trump announ...

May 8, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey, Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP, Download Report (PDF), Explore US-Russia survey research between 2021 and 2025., Introduction, Since 2017, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Levada Center have jointly conducted opinion surveys in both the Uni...

October 13, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Reuters, Download Topline (PDF), With Xi Jinping poised to receive a third term at the 20th Party Congress, American opinion of China has never been worse., Key Findings, American views of China remain at record lows: 32 on a 0-100...