Since the announcement of customs duties of 39%, the Confederation has been in shock, writes the “Sonntagsblick”. Key moment: the telephone conversation between Karin Keller-Sutter and Donald Trump on the eve of the National Day. The latest weekly research reveals new details about how the American has put pressure on the president and wiped out months of diplomatic efforts. The appeal initiative did not come from KKS itself, but from Jamieson Greer, the American representative in trade, notes the newspaper. Feeling the mood of his chief with regard to Switzerland to switch, he advised Guy Parmelin that Berne made a personal call to the president. In parallel, his collaborators asked for the State Secretariat for the Economy (SECO) to establish direct contact. Karin Keller-Sutter therefore called Donald Trump.
After a cordial start, the president suddenly changed your tone when KKS mentioned the Declaration of intention of Swiss companies to invest $ 150 billion in the United States in the coming years. According to well -informed sources, he then made derogatory remarks towards his collaborators involved in this agreement, including Jamieson Greer, and brandished the trade deficit of 40 billion of the USA with Switzerland and demanded customs duties “at least 30 to 35%”. Kks then dared to correct it, as she already told, by reporting to him that a trade deficit was not a loss. Very irritated, he then treats it as “lessons” and compares Switzerland to the European Union. Ursula von der Leyen, he said, has already promised him a gift of $ 600 billion. “How much do you pay me?” He says.
The president still tried to unlock the discussion (read box). In vain: shortly after, Washington confirmed that Switzerland will be struck by Douan rights
