Bern: customs taxes, the president suspended from Trump’s decision

The president of the Confederation, Karin Keller-Sutter, expressed himself briefly on Tuesday evening in the newspaper “7:30 pm” on the RTS about American customs taxes which should touch Switzerland from August. Well, the president is like everyone else, she is waiting to know the American position in the event of the next few days.

In April, Donald Trump announced taxes for the Switzerland up to 31%, but he had reduced them to 10% by giving a negotiation period until July. Switzerland has actually made high level exchanges to make a proposal in the form of a “declaration of intention”, signed by the Federal Council, which has recently been on the table of the American president.

In the meantime, the European Union, by its president of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has negotiated an average tax at 15%, while certain products will be exempt. But that still makes an increase compared to the current rate of 10%.

Switzerland therefore remains pending. “Now it’s in the hands of the United States, in the hands of President Donald Trump,” Karin Keller-Sutter on Tuesday said.