Australians are more afraid of Donald Trump's tariffs than the increasing Chinese military threat, according to a shocking new poll.
The Newspoll, conducted between Monday and Thursday last week, revealed greater concern among voters about the US President's unpredictable trade penalties than there was about his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping's westward push.
When 1283 Australians were asked to prioritise the two, 42 per cent of voters said US tariffs were more of a concern, while just 37 per cent stated Beijing's military build-up in the Indo-Pacific region was the more pressing situation.
Voters who were neutral on the two global issues stood at 21 per cent, the poll published in The Australian revealed.
However, the polling analysis also showed a partisan effect was at play, with Labor and the Greens viewing Trump's tariffs as the bigger threat, while the Coalition and minor party voters saw China as the more dangerous issue.
