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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSwiss deploy personal bribes in bid to slash crippling Trump tariffs (headline wrongly says "charm offensive" )
Initial attempts by Swiss President Karin Keller Sutter to change Trump's mind fell on deaf ears. But a visit on 4 November by business leaders appears to have changed his mind.
A senior administration official told reporters on Thursday that the talks between the US and the Swiss ministers were "very positive" and "very focused", adding that they are "very aware" of their trade deficit with the US and are prepared to address it.
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Swiss industry chiefs came to the Oval Office on 4 November bearing gifts, including a Rolex gold watch and a specially engraved gold bar from Swiss-based gold refining company MKS.
Already this week Trump has said a deal is being worked on to bring the tariffs "a little bit lower I haven't set any number".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8zkrplpdyo
A senior administration official told reporters on Thursday that the talks between the US and the Swiss ministers were "very positive" and "very focused", adding that they are "very aware" of their trade deficit with the US and are prepared to address it.
...
Swiss industry chiefs came to the Oval Office on 4 November bearing gifts, including a Rolex gold watch and a specially engraved gold bar from Swiss-based gold refining company MKS.
Already this week Trump has said a deal is being worked on to bring the tariffs "a little bit lower I haven't set any number".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8zkrplpdyo
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Swiss deploy personal bribes in bid to slash crippling Trump tariffs (headline wrongly says "charm offensive" ) (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 13
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C_U_L8R
(48,591 posts)1. And the password to a special bank account ?
What gifts arent we being told about?
BeerBarrelPolka
(2,164 posts)2. Instead of a Rolex
how about handcuffs?
Irish_Dem
(78,101 posts)3. Tariffs are crippling Americans and small business, while Trump rakes in the personal bribes.