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Swiss Offer Trump Sweetener on Gold to Get Better Tariff Deal
Switzerland has offered to invest in the US gold-refining industry, as part of its efforts to persuade the Trump administration to lower the 39% import tariff imposed last month. The levy — the highest of any developed nation — has already hit exports to America and curbed growth forecasts. Now Swiss officials are weighing concessions in sectors spanning energy to agriculture, after President Karin Keller-Sutter’s earlier attempt to stand up to Donald Trump backfired. The proposal made to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer would see Swiss refiners move their ... (full story)