Has the US coronavirus response harmed its international reputation?
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
By Christopher Hutton
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According to Pew Research Center data, the U.S.'s global reputation has suffered in 2020 due to poor perceptions of the country's coronavirus response. Only 15% of respondents in surveyed nations—13 affluent democracies in Europe and Asia-Pacific—say the U.S. has done a good job of dealing with the outbreak. Among several key allies, including the U.K., the U.S.'s favorability rankings are as low as they've been since Pew began polling in 2000.
In a 2020 survey by YouGov, a U.K.-based research group, British respondents ranked the U.S. as the world's 39th most popular country, with 44% of participants rating it positively.
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