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By Ros Krasny and Jordan Yadoo

August 18, 2019 at 3:48 PM UTC

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Support for free trade among Americans is on the rise, as backing for President Donald Trump -- the self-described “Tariff Man” -- dips to its lowest level in more than a year, an NBC-Wall Street Journal poll released on Sunday showed.