Global opinion collapses for United States and Israel. That’s a big problem in the resource race.
by Inside China Business [12-22-2025].
In surveys of nations across the world, strong majorities share deeply negative views of the United States and Israel.
China, on the other hand, is now preferred to the United States in most of the countries surveyed, even in what were previously strong allies.
These massive shifts in public opinion are undermining attempts by Washington to sign trade deals with resource-rich countries, especially for rare-earth minerals that the Pentagon desperately needs to rebuild badly depleted missile and munitions stockpiles.
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