Slightly more than half of voters in the U.S. oppose\u00a0President-elect Trump\u2019s\u00a0plan to tariff proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\u00a0poll, released Wednesday<\/a>, comes as Trump has\u00a0threatened to impose\u00a025 percent tariffs on all goods from Canada and Mexico and increase tariffs on China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While 51 percent of respondents opposed Trump\u2019s tariff plan, 38 percent supported it, the survey showed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The majority of Democrats, 89 percent, Republicans, 76 percent, and independents, 53 percent, also opposed the plan, the poll found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More independents, 34 percent, supported Trump\u2019s tariff plan than Republicans, 12 percent, and Democrats, 7 percent, the survey showed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Trump\u2019s tariff threats have been met with a mix of\u00a0reactions\u00a0from global leaders, especially those from two of America\u2019s top trading partners, Canada and Mexico. Canadian Finance Minister\u00a0Chrystia Freeland\u00a0resigned earlier this week, citing Trump\u2019s tariff plans in her resignation letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur country today faces a grave challenge,\u201d Chrystia Freeland said in a letter addressed<\/a> to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. \u201cThe incoming administration in the United States is pursuing a policy of aggressive economic nationalism, including a threat of 25 per cent tariffs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n