AFP — Switzerland’s president held last-gasp talks with the US secretary of state on Wednesday after she rushed to Washington to avert a surprise steep hike in tariffs — but her chances of meeting Donald Trump were unclear.
The Alpine country faces a 39-percent duty on many of its exports to the United States come Thursday, one of the highest levels among dozens of economies due to be hit by President Trump’s upcoming tranche of tariffs.
This is significantly higher than the 15-percent level faced by economies like the European Union, Japan and South Korea.
On Tuesday, Trump told CNBC in an interview that he “did something with Switzerland the…
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