Pew: Global Favorability Flips From US to China
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- Pew Research Center published a survey Wednesday finding that views of the United States and President Trump are worsening around the globe.
- China and Xi Jinping are simultaneously gaining favorability, a reversal that Pew characterizes as a flip in worldwide opinions, putting them ahead of the US across many surveyed nations.
Why it matters: Pew explicitly labels this shift a "reversal" in worldwide opinions, meaning the favorability gap has flipped direction — allies and non-aligned states now view Beijing's leadership more favorably than Washington's, altering the soft-power backdrop for trade and security negotiations involving both powers.
