AMONG U.S. RESPONDENTS, LACK OF TRUST IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES Distrust Neutral Trust (1-49) (50-59) (60-100) Percent trust in companies headquartered in each Percent trust in the national government of each country, in the U.S. foreign country, in the U.S. 70 69 66 65 65 62 61 59 58 58 58 56 55 51 54 52 51 21 29 26 26 22 22 U.S. not shown to U.S. respondents 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. TRU_NAT. Now we would like to focus on global companies headquartered in specific countries. Please indicate how much you trust global companies headquartered in the following countries to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. Question asked of half of the sample. TRU_GOV. Please indicate how much you trust the national government of each of the following countries to do what is right using a 9-point scale where one means that you “do not trust them at all” and nine means that you “trust them a great deal”. 9- 13 point scale; top 4 box, trust. Question asked of half of the sample. Respondents were not asked to rate their home country. General population, U.S.
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