The Wall Street Journal wrote last night (August 4): "Trump has imposed almost the highest tariffs on Switzerland, which is shocking to the entire country of Switzerland. The key sectors of its export-dependent economy may suffer serious damage."
Business leaders and politicians are scrambling to find out the reasons and figure out how their traditionally stable relationship with the United States suddenly broke down.
[Witty] Comments: According to trade data, Americans are enthusiastic about buying expensive Swiss watches and other goods, while Swiss people hardly buy anything from the US, making Switzerland the fifth-largest trade surplus country for the US. The trade balance has been seriously unbalanced for a long time. In addition, not long ago, the US Treasury unreasonably accused Switzerland of being a currency manipulator. At that time, Switzerland did not take it seriously and did not treat this unreasonable accusation seriously. Now, the US is using high tariffs as a threat, which is clearly an act of bullying by the US, wielding trade weapons to recklessly suppress other countries. Switzerland can only helplessly swallow this bitter fruit.
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