Survey: Americans' favorable views of China take 12-point hit

After a year of escalating trade disagreements between the U.S. and China, Americans’ views of the country have dropped sharply to their lowest levels since 2012. Currently, 41% of Americans say they have a favorable view of China — down 12 percentage points from last year…

This decrease in favorability comes as Americans have become more likely to say that China’s economic power poses a “critical threat” to vital U.S. interests over the next 10 years. The current 46% who say China’s economic power is a critical threat is up from the 40% to 41% recorded from 2015 to 2018 — though not as high as the 52% recorded in 2013 and 2014.