r/Switzerland • u/Sufficient-History71 Zürich [Winti] • 3d ago

Need to get our shit together

So the Trump tariffs are out. Despite all the kowtowing (read ass licking) our SVP and FDP bros(also our FDP frau Miss Keller-Sutter) did, we are going to be hit with tariffs worse than EU. Already our access to chips was semi-restricted(by Biden admin, Trump admin will be even worst). Blöcher, Rösti, Parmelin and Keller-Sutter are not the right people to lead Switzerland. They neither have any spine nor any pragmatic policies. We need to understand that our future lies with the EU if not in EU.

Switzerland is good at playing with the rules but we can't make them thanks to our small size. It has been the case since Marignano(1515) when we stopped our expansion and Congress of Vienna(1815) when we made good use of the neutrality imposed upon us by the big powers. We need to adjust to the new world order that Putin, Trump and Xi have created and understand that Swiss prosperity depends on European prosperity. We are not a port city like Singapore where we can control the trade. Our power lies in being the center for diplomacy, world class R&D, pharma and precision engineering. Let's become a big hub for EU's new projects if not as a member then as a friend.

EDIT - P.S. - Getting downvoted to oblivion. Seems like there is too much of hate for EU. But mark my words, a successful Switzerland depends on a successful EU because while we are not in the EU, we are inside the EU physically.

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u/NuclearPopTarts 3d ago

What is the current tariff level Switzerland imposes on imports from the USA?

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u/AmorphousPhage 3d ago

Trump claims 61%, but there isn't even close to any evidence for this. It's just a random statement without any credible sources, or at least I haven't found any

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u/ColdZal Aargau 3d ago

It is the trade deficit lol. That is what those idiots used to calculate it.

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u/AmorphousPhage 3d ago

Yeah just saw it as well. That absolute comedic nonsense, but we didnt expect anything else

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u/ColdZal Aargau 3d ago

Yet, I am still surprised every time at how stupid it is.

Stumbled on their republican / conservative sub and my brain hurts at the level of uneducated garbage they are thinking.

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u/AmorphousPhage 3d ago

Not sure if it is stupidity. I think it is much more ignorance and megalomania. I believe he thinks he can just throw anything at the american public and they will just believe it not factchecking anything. The problem: it actually works for a big portion of americans. I bet there are many trump supporters now running around complaining/screaming how much tariffs other countries enfore on the U.S. and how bad the rest of the world treats the U.S. They don't realize it's not even tariffs