Supply chains

Now thinking about global trade and the supply chains through which Australia sources goods from other countries. In your opinion, which of the following statements should be a higher priority for Australia?

This question was asked in 2023.

Ensuring that supply chains run through countries that are friendly towards Australia, even if it means higher prices 70Keeping prices as low as possible, even if it means that supply chains run through countries that are unfriendly towards Australia 29Don’t know 2

Lowy Institute Poll results on this issue are almost identical to those from polling conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in the United States in November 2022. Asked a similar question, seven in ten Americans (69%) say the United States should prioritise ensuring supply chains run through friendly countries, even if this means higher prices. Only three in ten (29%) say the United States should prioritise keeping prices as low as possible, even if it means supply chains run through unfriendly countries.

  • Ensuring that supply chains run through countries that are friendly towards Australia, even if it means higher prices
  • Keeping prices as low as possible, even if it means that supply chains run through countries that are unfriendly towards Australia
  • Don’t know
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