{"id":392167,"date":"2025-09-02T15:07:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/392167\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T15:07:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:07:25","slug":"swiss-and-german-leaders-discuss-european-security-and-tariffs-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/392167\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss and German leaders discuss European security and tariffs pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/62892f725e16aa41a9920062df2dbc138c25168f-89936463.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Keller-Sutter and Merz want to stand closer together economically\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                On the subject of the customs duties imposed by the United States on Europe, Keller-Sutter stressed the need to avoid friction in the areas of taxation and trade.            <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone-SDA        <\/p>\n<p>            Listen to the article        <\/p>\n<p>            Listening the article        <\/p>\n<p>                Toggle language selector            <\/p>\n<ul class=\"read-aloud\/track-selector__options\">\n<li>\n<p>                            English (US)                        <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>                            English (British)                        <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>            Generated with artificial intelligence.        <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Tuesday. The two leaders discussed the commitment of their two countries to security in Europe and the consequences of US tariffs.\n<\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        September 2, 2025 &#8211; 16:20\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/latest-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keller-Sutter and Merz also discussed the ongoing war in Ukraine, according to a statement from the Swiss foreign ministry. The Swiss President took the opportunity to stress the importance for Switzerland of finding a peaceful solution to the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Merz spoke in favour of Geneva as the venue for a conference on a pathway to peace in Ukraine. He announced that he would \u201cpropose Geneva again\u201d at the next \u201ccoalition of the willing\u201d meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/658033375_highres.jpg\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" alt=\"Cassis\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Foreign Affairs\n        <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss-EU deal: the insidious debate begins\u00a0    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        May 24, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                Reactions to the government\u2019s first tactical manoeuvre show that, on this issue, playing for time won\u2019t work. Here is an analysis.\u00a0            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/foreign-affairs\/swiss-eu-deal-the-insidious-debate-begins\/89379091\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Swiss-EU deal: the insidious debate begins\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>This support is in addition to that of French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani. Keller-Sutter said that Switzerland was ready to \u201claunch and hold discussions in Geneva\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Avoiding friction<\/p>\n<p>On the subject of the customs duties imposed by the United States on Europe, Keller-Sutter stressed the need to avoid friction in the areas of taxation and trade. In her view, this should help to ensure the competitiveness of European nations. The Swiss president welcomed the European Union\u2019s desire to reduce the administrative burden and the OECD\u2019s development of minimum taxation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/trade-policy\/what-do-39-us-tariffs-mean-for-the-swiss-economy\/89797893\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">+ What do 39% US tariffs mean for the Swiss economy?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Keller-Sutter and Merz also took advantage of the meeting to emphasise the value of bilateral and cross-border cooperation between Switzerland and Germany. The two countries cooperate in many areas, including the economy, science, education, energy, transport, migration and defence.<\/p>\n<p>Translated with DeepL\/gw<\/p>\n<p>                How we work            <\/p>\n<p>We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. 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