Leila Fadl

How much does it matter that we're in a midterms year?

Okay, before I let you go, Mara, the State of the Union is on Tuesday.

What will you be listening for?

Thank you, Mara.

Many of America's trading partners are trying to make sense of the state of U.S.

tariffs.

NPR's China correspondent Jennifer Pack is in Shanghai and joins me now.

Good morning, Jennifer.

Good morning.

So what's been the reaction in China to the Supreme Court's ruling and Trump's new 15 percent tariffs?

I mean, obviously a real concern that it could change just on that journey.

At one point last year, the tariffs and counter tariffs from both sides were over 100 percent.

How are Chinese businesses you've been speaking to coping with the decision making from Washington?

Okay, so now President Trump is about to head to China in a few weeks.

How might this Supreme Court ruling influence the trip?

That's NPR's Jennifer Pak in Shanghai.

Thank you so much for your reporting.

Thanks for having me.

The State of the Union is not strong.

To tell us more about the findings of this survey is NPR's senior political editor and correspondent, Domenico Montanaro.