US President Donald Trump has called Ukraine’s ditto Volodymyr Zelenskyj for a “dictator” and accused Ukraine for Russia’s full -scale invasion. The controversial plays have come after the United States started talks with the Kremlin about the war.
In addition, both Trump and his vice president JD Vance have sharply criticized Europe. And on Wednesday, Trump announced that the United States will introduce tariffs at 25 percent on the EU products.
Now a new measurement shows that 78 percent of Swedes – almost four out of five people – can think of boycotting US goods.
Women more likely to relinquish
Women are generally more likely to abstain from the United States, according to the survey. As many as 91 percent of women between 18 and 34 state that they are positive to opt out of American products when shopping.
For men within the same age range, the figure is 61 percent. Older men between the ages of 65 and 84 are all the more positive about a boycott. In that group, 83 percent say that they can, in whole or in part, intend to avoid goods from the United States.
Recently, more and more accounts on social media have called to boycott American products and services as a result of the Trump administration’s policy.
This is what the girls Amitis and Aramis have noticed. Both can imagine participating in a boycott.
– There is a lot a broadcast on it on Tiktok, but also Instagram. There are a lot of influencers that I follow that use their large platform, which spreads both that they boycotts but also companies that they support instead, Amitis tells TV4 News.
Successful examples
Niklas Sörman, director of the Center for Consumer Research at the University of Gothenburg, notes that it is important to offer alternative goods if a boycott is to be sustainable and have an effect. He also emphasizes that collective commitment is required.
But there are examples of successful boycotts.
– A classic example that is usually addressed is the boycott of South African products where it was not an international commitment to trying to isolate South Africa. Many argue that it actually also helped to eventually have changed management and governance in South Africa in that case, says Niklas Sörman to TV4 News.