US Tariffs Threaten 'up to 20,000' Jobs in Switzerland

US tariffs threaten 'up to 20,000' jobs in Switzerland

The 39-percent customs duties on US-bound exports could lead to massive layoffs in Switzerland, a new study reveals. But which sectors will be worst hit?

Did Swiss president's lecturing scupper US tariff negotiations?

Did a phone call with Switzerland’s president provoke Donald Trump into slapping punitive tariffs on the country? According to SonntagsBlick, citing unnamed American sources, Karin Keller-Sutter, Switzerland’s president, so irritated the US president during an exchange on 31 July 2025, that he imposed a 39% tariff on Swiss goods—the highest rate imposed on any developed […]