Trade Parliamentary committees say yes to negotiating mandate with the USA
Following the National Council's Foreign Affairs Committee, the Council of States' sister committee is also backing the negotiating mandate presented by the Federal Council on trade relations with the USA. This was announced by its President Marco Chiesa (SVP/TI).
02.06.2025, 19:15
02.06.2025, 19:42
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The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Council of States (FAC-S) supported the draft presented by the Federal Council by 11 votes to 0 with three abstentions, as Chiesa told the media in Bern on Monday evening. According to the federal government, this will now go before the Conference of Cantonal Governments. The mandate will then be deemed adopted.
At the beginning of April, US President Donald Trump announced a global blanket tariff of ten percent on imports into the USA. Country-specific additional tariffs are to be added - in Switzerland's case, 21%.
However, these tariffs were suspended again. Following this announcement, members of the Federal Council began talks with the US government. Last week, the aim of the negotiations was to find a solution to the trade dispute with the US by July 9.
