During the telephone call between Karin Keller-Sutter and Donald Trump on July 31, Trump demanded direct payments from Switzerland, according to an investigation by SonntagsBlick. Contrary to initial assumptions, the conversation was not initiated by Keller-Sutter, but by the US Trade Representative. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The details of the July 31 telephone conversation between Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter and her American counterpart Donald Trump had remained very vague until now. But an investigation by the SonntagsBlick newspaper, based on well-informed sources, has revealed some details. Contrary to what was initially assumed, the call that preceded the 39% tariffs being imposed by the Trump administration was not initiated by Keller-Sutter, but by the US Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer. The latter is, in a way, "Switzerland's secret observer within the US government," notes the SonntagsBlick. During the phone meeting, Trump ...
