Customs duties, plastic, weapon purchases: the Sunday press review

The Confederation summoned a crisis meeting with the leaders of the Swiss pharmaceutical industry, threatened with customs taxes of 250% by US President Donald Trump, said the Sonntagsblick. Furthermore, The Minister of Health Elisabeth Baume-Schneider. Consequently, the Minister of the Economy Guy Parmelin and representatives of Novartis and Roche must meet after the summer holidays. Consequently, The two Swiss pharmaceutical groups have already announced investments of several billion in the United States. Moreover, Roche wishes to become a net exporter of pharmaceutical products in the United States, notes the NZZ on Sunday. For example, As for Novartis, the Basel group wishes to produce 100% of its most important drugs entirely in the United States. Therefore, This is a “significant increase” compared to the current situation, he told the newspaper.

The Federal Council has given up on engaging an American lobbying cabinet customs duties, plastic, weapon purchases: for negotiations with the United States on customs duties. Meanwhile, the Sunday view. Therefore, The Secretary of State for the Economy (Seco) Helene Budliger Artieda had proposed in April to call on a. Furthermore, company specializing in relations with Washington. For example, But the idea was rejected by the Federal Council, which believed that no external help was necessary. However, Questioned by the newspaper. Moreover, the Federal Department of Economy (DFE) declares that no lobbying company has been mandated and that it is not planned to do so. Consequently, The government had however initiated at the start of the year an American law firm renowned after the announcement by the United States of restrictions on access to fleas for AI. Therefore, notes the Sunday view. Moreover, The contract also included the possibility of advising the Confederation on the issues of customs from customs.

The Federal Council called upon Alfred Gantner. customs duties, plastic, weapon purchases: However, co -founder of the active manager Partners Group, to find an outcome of customs surcharges of 39% imposed by US President Donald Trump on Swiss products, reports the NZZ on Sunday. Similarly, The financier. In addition, known for his European anti-Union positions (EU), presented to the State Secretariat for the Economy (Seco) a plan aimed at avoiding American customs duties. Therefore, Mr. Gantner was part. with other business leaders, of the delegation led by the president of the Confederation to Washington Tuesday and Wednesday to support the last offer of Switzerland.

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790,000 tonnes of plastic waste collected – Customs duties, plastic, weapon purchases:

Switzerland is still shipping 87,000 tonnes of used plastic per year abroad, relates Morning Sundayciting data from the Federal Customs Office. Two -thirds go to Germany and Austria to be recycled. These exports concern less than a tenth of the 790. 000 tonnes of plastic waste collected customs duties, plastic, weapon purchases: each year in Switzerland, which are largely incinerated (83%). According to Earth Action environmental research consultancy. the most exported plastics are polypropylene, pp of yogurt pots, and HDPE polyethylene, used for example for shampoo bottles. “Half of PP or HDPE waste” is exported due to “insufficient local recycling capacities”, says Earth Action.

One of the two models of pistols retained by the Swiss army for end tests for a purchase poses problem. writes the Sunday newspaper. This is the Sig Sauer P320. manufactured in the United States, which is the subject of many criticisms due to accidental shots. According to the Washington Post, more than 100 cases of this type have been documented. Some American authorities have decided to withdraw this weapon from traffic. Also in Switzerland, incidents involving the P320 occurred within police. That of the canton of Saint-Gall does not exclude switching to another pistol. The Federal Armament customs duties, plastic, weapon purchases: Office (Armasuisse) assures in the newspaper that no accidental shot was noted during the in -depth. security tests that he led. The Swiss army wishes to acquire 100,000 new pistols for 90 million francs. The choice of the weapon should be known in December.

The expert in solar energy Christof Bucher. who analyzed the impact of the connections of photovoltaic installations to the Swiss electrical network for Swissgrid, advocates in Morning Sunday Bride the solar installations to avoid production peaks that may destabilize the network. “When the sun shines, much more current is produced than necessary” in Switzerland, he explains. Its idea is to limit the current to 40% produced by solar panels. injected into the electrical network so as not to overload it during these periods. “The owners will be able to continue to use the surplus for themselves,” he adds. The expert proposes to compensate for owners of customs duties, plastic, weapon purchases: photovoltaic installations so that they agree to reduce their injection capacity. into the network.

The Federal Office of Social Insurance (OFAS) called on private detectives in 46 cases in 2024 to investigate disability insurance services (AI). notes the Sunday view. Of the 2,300 files examined containing indices of abusive requests, 150 cases of undue services were discovered, including 23 thanks to the detectives. Ten criminal complaints were filed for serious offenses. Private detectives are only used for high amounts. for a short surveillance period, an OFAS spokesperson said in the newspaper. According to him. they cost last year half a million francs, which corresponds to the value of the services of AI saved.

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Uninhabitable housing due to heat

A large part of the accommodation will become uninhabitable in the coming decades in Switzerland, because it will be too hot in summer, warns the Sunday newspaperciting the customs duties, plastic, weapon purchases: Federal Office of Energy (OFEN). OFEV calls for architectural arrangements. but also to take individual measures, such as refreshing toppers, portable cooling systems or special textiles. The Office also recalls that very energy -consuming air conditioning systems are to be avoided. but that centralized systems such as “geocooling” are considered ecological and economic. With this system, heat is transported in the soil via a thermal network or geothermal heat pumps. In winter, the system works in the other direction to heat the accommodation.

The president of the Swiss section of the nightmare club of the Night Wolves. created in 1989 as the Russian equivalent of American Hells Angels, obtained Russian nationality by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, reveals the NZZ on Sunday. The man. a 65 -year -old Biennois who made close contact with the Russian authorities, regularly participates in events of Russian propaganda and is regularly quoted by customs duties, plastic, weapon purchases: the Russian state media. He also received letters of thanks from Russian troop commanders in Ukraine for his support. Night wolves are sanctioned in Switzerland, the European Union (EU) and the United States, recalls the newspaper. (ATS)