October 29, 2025

More than half of Americans now favor a policy of cooperation and engagement with China, oppose higher tariffs, and oppose cuts to bilateral trade, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, an American international affairs think tank. 
 
The 2025 Chicago Council Survey, fielded July 18 to 30, finds that the bipartisan embrace of US-China competition no longer holds among the public, with partisan differences in perceived threats from China and disagreements on current US-China trade policy, according to results published on the Chicago Council on Global Affairs website.

The survey showed that in a sharp reversal from 2024, "a majority of Americans (53 percent)" now say the US should undertake friendly cooperation and engagement with China, while 44 percent prefer a policy of actively limiting the growth of China's power. 

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