Swiss president to meet Marco Rubio for tariff talks
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Swiss president to meet Marco Rubio for tariff talks
Karin Keller-Sutter will be received by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Wednesday afternoon.
The meeting is scheduled for 4:15pm Swiss time (10:15am local time), according to the US State Department on its website and is not open to the press. Keller-Sutter and Economics Minister Guy Parmelin arrived in Washington on Tuesday evening to try to reach an agreement on tariffs. Donald Trump has set them at 39% for Swiss goods.
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No Swiss delegation arrived at the White House yesterday evening, sources in Washington told Swiss news agency Keystone-SDA. According to a White House official quoted by AFP, no meeting with Donald Trump is planned “for the time being”. Earlier, Trump told CNBC that Keller-Sutter had requested a tariff of 1% on Swiss goods.
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