Switzerland is pressing ahead with negotiations to reduce steep new US import duties that threaten to halt its multi-billion-dollar gold exports, the government confirmed Friday The talks, led in Washington by Helene Budliger Artieda, head of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), follow the introduction of a 39% tariff on gold bars — one of the highest duties imposed under former President Donald Trump’s trade policy overhaul
A last-minute visit by Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter earlier this week failed to secure relief