Questions - Free Trade and China - September 24-25, 2012
National
Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted September 24-25, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Which has been a bigger factor in creating the current
problems with the U.S. economy – unfair business practices by countries like
China, the debt crisis and other problems in Europe or the economic policies of
the U.S. government?
2* Is free trade good or bad for the U.S. economy?
3*
Does free trade create jobs for Americans or take jobs away from Americans?
4*
Does the government do too much to protect U.S. manufacturers and businesses
from foreign competition or not enough? Or is the level of protection about
right?
5*
Some countries pay their workers far less than American workers are paid.
Manufactured items from such countries often cost less than comparable American
products. Should the federal government place tariffs on goods from countries
that pay very low wages to their workers?
6*
What is a better way for U.S. companies to succeed – free-market competition
with businesses worldwide or government protection from foreign products?
7*
Does China represent a bigger threat to the United States militarily or
economically?
8*
What’s more important for the U.S. government – making sure that China does not
take advantage of the United States economically or keeping China happy so it
doesn’t exploit the large amount of U.S. debt it owns?
9* The
European economy remains troubled, is it possible for the U.S. economy to
recover?
NOTE: Margin
of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence