{"id":28806,"date":"2018-07-30T09:03:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T14:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2018\/07\/30\/what-do-americans-really-think-about-the-u-s-eu-trade-tiff\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:56:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:56:40","slug":"what-do-americans-really-think-about-the-u-s-eu-trade-tiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2018\/07\/30\/what-do-americans-really-think-about-the-u-s-eu-trade-tiff\/","title":{"rendered":"What do Americans really think about the U.S.-EU trade tiff?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Special to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2018\/07\/30\/what-do-americans-really-think-about-the-u-s-e-u-trade-tiff\/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.e3e5b1248868&amp;wpisrc=nl_cage&amp;wpmm=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Washington Post<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former British prime minister\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/winstonchurchill.org\/resources\/quotes\/quotes-falsely-attributed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harold Macmillan<\/a>\u00a0once trenchantly observed that: \u201cJaw, jaw is better than war, war.\u201d The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/text-of-joint-us-eu-statement-on-trade-2018-07-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announcement<\/a>\u00a0on July 25 by President Trump and European Union President Jean-Claude Juncker that the United States and the European Union would work together to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers was a tacit acknowledgment of Macmillan\u2019s wisdom.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What do Americans really think about tariffs and trade issues? Trump\u2019s willingness to talk rather than force a confrontation with the EU may, in part, reflect the fact that a substantial segment of the American public does not support his anti-EU statements and actions on trade. Even a president who loves provocative statements may not be able to ignore public opinion.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2018\/07\/30\/what-do-americans-really-think-about-the-u-s-e-u-trade-tiff\/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.e3e5b1248868&amp;wpisrc=nl_cage&amp;wpmm=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Washington Post<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special to the Washington Post Former British prime minister\u00a0Harold Macmillan\u00a0once trenchantly observed that: \u201cJaw, jaw is better than war, war.\u201d The\u00a0announcement\u00a0on July 25 by President Trump and European Union President Jean-Claude Juncker that the United States and the European Union would work together to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers was a tacit acknowledgment of 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