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Lower US tariffs likely in December: Swiss minister
2025-11-22
Swiss economics minister Guy Parmelin hopes to see reduced United States tariffs from the beginning of December. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “In Switzerland, we are ready”, Parmelin told Swiss public broadcaster SRF. In the US, it will take a little more time. A week ago, Switzerland and the US …
Swiss workers suffer from emotional exhaustion
2025-11-20
Swiss workers are increasingly emotionally exhausted after, finding it difficult to switch off, according to the Working Conditions Barometer from the trade union umbrella organisation Travail.Suisse. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A barometer is carried out every year by Travail.Suisse and the Bern University of Applied Sciences. For the 2025 …
Swiss Stadler Rail creates 200 US jobs
2025-11-19
Swiss train manufacturer Stadler Rail is expanding its factory in the United States, creating some 200 new jobs in Salt Lake City. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This brings the company’s total US workforce to almost 800, it told AWP on Wednesday. Demand in the US continues to grow, particularly …
Zermatt restaurant operators fined for violating Covid-19 measures
2025-09-30
Last Thursday, the Valais Cantonal Court sentenced the three operators of the Walliserkanne restaurant in Zermatt. They were found guilty of repeated obstruction of an official act. They received fines and suspended sentences. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The sentences relate mainly to incidents that occurred in 2021. The defendants …
Switzerland recorded 164 cyber attacks in last 6 months
2025-09-29
The first six months since the introduction of the obligation to report cyber attacks on critical infrastructure have ended on a positive note. This was reported today in a statement by the Federal Office for Cyber Security (FCOS). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In this time period, 164 attacks were …
Business associations call for solidarity over US tariffs
2025-08-07
Swiss business associations have reacted drastically to the introduction of the US tariff of 39% on Swiss products. The Economiesuisse business federation has spoken of a “significant risk” for the country, while Swissmem calls the tariffs a “horror scenario”. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A solution requires a coordinated approach …
How pharma became Switzerland’s Achilles heel in US trade talks
2025-08-06
The pharmaceutical industry is a major driver of the Swiss economy, but its strength has also made it a key vulnerability for Switzerland in trade talks with the US. President Trump’s announcement of a 39% tariff rate on Swiss goods alarmed business leaders and sent politicians scrambling to Washington. The rate is more than double …
Trump’s tariffs raise risk of negative interest rates in Switzerland
2025-08-05
In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s 39% tariffs imposed on Switzerland, the likelihood of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) going back to introducing negative interest rates is increasing, according to an analysis published today by Raiffeisen. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The shock caused by the announcement of …
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