Swiss president to meet Marco Rubio for tariff talks

Karin Keller-Sutter will be received by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Wednesday afternoon. The meeting is scheduled for 4:15pm Swiss time (10:15am local time), according to the US State Department on its website and is not open to the press. Keller-Sutter and Economics Minister Guy Parmelin arrived in Washington on Tuesday evening to try to reach an agreement on tariffs. Donald Trump has set them at 39% for Swiss goods. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox No Swiss delegation arrived at the White House yesterday evening, sources in Washington told Swiss news agency Keystone-SDA. According to a White House official quoted by AFP, no meeting with Donald Trump is planned "for the time being". Earlier, Trump told CNBC that Keller-Sutter had requested a tariff of 1% on Swiss goods. Adapted from French by DeepL/ac How we work We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them ... Full story here Are you the author? Previous post See more for 3.) Swissinfo Business and Economy Next post
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