Reuters/Ipsos poll shows broad U.S. opposition to Trump’s Canada trade fight
A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 57% of Americans opposed more tariffs on Canadian goods, while 63% opposed renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America.'
A new poll showed broad U.S. opposition to President Donald Trump’s escalating trade confrontation with Canada, including additional tariffs and the renaming of Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America.
Americans Reject More Canada Tariffs On Tuesday, the Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 57% of Americans opposed imposing more tariffs on Canadian goods, compared with 20% who supported them.
Meanwhile, 63% opposed Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario, while just 14% backed the move.
The opposition to the lake renaming extended into Trump’s own party.
About one-third of Republicans supported the decision, while 43% opposed it.
Among Democrats, just 6% approved.
The survey also showed Americans favoring compromise over confrontation.
68% said the U.S. should be willing to make tradeoffs with Canada "even if it means it doesn’t get most of what it wants," while 25% preferred a tougher approach.
Only 4% of respondents expected tariffs to have a mostly positive effect on their personal finances, while 40% anticipated a mostly negative impact.
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Canada responded with retaliatory tariffs of up to 50% on about $20 billion of U.S. goods, including steel, aluminum, clothing, smartphones and video game consoles.
The renewed trade tensions also threatened U.S. alcohol exporters.
Canadian provinces had already removed many American spirits from government liquor stores, causing U.S. spirits exports to Canada to plunge more than 70% to $60 million between March and December 2025.
Canada fell from the second- to sixth-largest market for U.S. spirits, while brands such as Jack Daniel’s, Woodford Reserve and Tito’s remained largely absent from shelves.
Brown-Forman Corp. (NYSE: BF ) (NYSE: BF ) reported a 59% drop in Canadian sales, highlighting the growing risk that U.S. alcohol makers could struggle to regain lost market share.
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