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This is perhaps the last possibility of changing Donald Trump’s decision: going in person to Washington. Whose act: the president of the Confederation, Karin Keller-Sutter, the head of the Federal Department of the Economy, Guy Parmelin, the special envoy of the Federal Council for the United States, Gabriel Lüchinger, the Secretary of State for the Economy, Helene Budliger Artieda, and the Secretary of State for International Financial questions, Daniela Stoffel, took the plane on Tuesday morning. Because the time is serious.
Without last minute agreement, Swiss exports to the United States could be struck by customs duties of 39% from August 7-this Thursday. In an interview with CNBC, Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the pharmaceutical industry, for the moment spared, could follow. With tariffs “150% then 250%”. While explaining to viewers that Karin Keller-Sutter “had not wanted to listen to him”. The mission promises to be difficult. The president may however be able to count on the help of the American Swiss Foundation (ASF), of which some emeritus members are full of praise for Switzerland-and are influential with Donald Trump.