{"id":418314,"date":"2025-09-12T11:26:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/418314\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:26:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:26:31","slug":"us-secretary-of-commerce-confident-of-swiss-tariff-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/418314\/","title":{"rendered":"US Secretary of Commerce confident of Swiss tariff deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/d6bb7abc5eca179d2164ac3590c1ca8be0d1773c-89993317.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"US Secretary of Commerce Lutnick believes in customs deal with Switzerland\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                US Secretary of Commerce Lutnick believes in customs deal with Switzerland            <\/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>        United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick is confident about striking a customs deal with Switzerland, which is facing 39% tariffs for good exported to the US.\n<\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        September 12, 2025 &#8211; 12:48\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>\u201cWe will probably get a deal with Switzerland,\u201d he said in an interview with the US broadcaster CNBC on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSwitzerland will find its way over time,\u201d Lutnick added. \u201cWe\u2019ll see how it develops.\u201d His comments were first reported by blick.ch.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/trade-policy\/how-the-new-us-tariffs-are-already-impacting-the-swiss-economy\/89953649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">+ How US tariffs are impacting the Swiss economy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A week ago, Lutnick told Bloomberg TV that he was not optimistic about securing a deal. Switzerland earns a lot of money in the US with its pharmaceutical products, he said after a meeting with Economics Minister Guy Parmelin.<\/p>\n<p>Parmelin travelled to the US last Friday for a meeting with Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. Parmelin did not initially comment on the outcome of the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Difficult negotiations<\/p>\n<p>The talks were part of the second round of negotiations in the customs dispute with the US. Prior to the meeting, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis told the Keystone-SDA news agency that Switzerland had prepared an \u201coptimised offer\u201d to the US. But no details were given.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tarrifs-explainer.jpg\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"a journalist talking to camera\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        What is a tariff? A quick guide    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Mar 12, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                Tariffs play a key role in US President Donald Trump\u2019s economic strategy and diplomatic moves. But who truly benefits, and who pays the price?            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/banking-fintech\/what-tariffs-are-and-how-they-work\/88975579\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: What is a tariff? A quick guide<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump imposed import tariffs of 39% on numerous Swiss products at the beginning of August. A few days later, Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter and Parmelin travelled to Washington without achieving any results.<\/p>\n<p>The US tariff policy hits Switzerland particularly hard. At 39%, the rate is significantly higher than that of the EU, for example. The latter got off comparatively lightly at 15%.<\/p>\n<p>Even before the 39% tariffs were announced, US ministers around Lutnick had expressed optimism about a deal with Switzerland. However, Trump rejected this.<\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>            Are you noticing or anticipating any changes in your life as a result of the tariffs introduced by US President Donald Trump?        <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-debate-card__text\">\n<p>                How do you think your life could be impacted by the US tariff policy? 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