Bern, Switzerland, April 3, 2025 (AFP) - Switzerland says not planning to counter Trump tariffs for now

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2025-04-03
Switzerland, which was hit hard by US President Donald Trump's global tariff onslaught, is not planning to retaliate "at the present time", the government said Thursday. "An escalation is not in Switzerland's interest," President Karin Keller-Sutter told reporters, after Washington announced plans to slap 31-percent tariffs on the wealthy Alpine nation's exports to the United States. In a statement, Switzerland's government, known as the Federal......
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