The text needs to maintain its original structure which uses HTML elements while converting the content from complex sentence structure into simpler language. The US President Donald Trump who has implemented tariffs against multiple nations explained his reasoning for increasing tariffs against Switzerland. The president announced that he would raise tariffs against Switzerland because he received information from a phone call with a Swiss leader whose voice he found unacceptable.
Tariff Decision and Phone Call
- The US President Donald Trump declared during his media interview that he initiated a 30 percent tariff against Switzerland. He described this rate as relatively low. He received what he described as an emergency phone call after the announcement. He believed that the phone call came from the country's leader.
- The caller explained to Trump that Switzerland operates as a small nation which lacks the financial resources needed to handle such high tariffs. He responded by pointing out that Switzerland has a 42 billion dollar trade surplus with the United States. The caller explained to Trump that the small size of Switzerland explains its inability to handle the tariff charges.
- Trump said that the leader used an inappropriate speaking style during the meeting. He moved the tariffs from 30 percent to 39 percent because he decided to keep the tariffs at their current level. He also stated that Swiss products enter the US market without facing tariffs.
Swiss Official Identified
The call came from Karin Keller-Sutter who serves as a member of the Swiss Federal Council. Trump had also made similar remarks about Switzerland during an event in Davos a few weeks earlier.
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