Trade dispute USA puts Switzerland on list of countries with "unfair trade practices"
The USA has placed Switzerland on a list of countries with "unfair trade practices". This was stated by the Director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco), Helene Budliger Artieda, in an interview with the CH-Media newspapers.
09.03.2025, 13:29
09.03.2025, 13:30
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The trade delegate appointed by President Trump, Jamieson Greer, has called on US companies to report unfair trade practices by partner countries to him, Budliger Artieda told the Sunday edition of the CH-Media newspapers. This applies in particular to G20 countries and countries with a strongly positive trade balance with the USA.
Switzerland has a positive balance of trade in goods and therefore appears on this list. "But we certainly can't be accused of being unfair: Switzerland has unilaterally abolished its industrial tariffs, we have no pharmaceutical tariffs. US companies can export their products to Switzerland duty-free," interjected the State Secretary. "We have good arguments. And we have been doing exactly what President Trump wants for a long time."
