Welcome to our press review of events in the United States. Every Wednesday we look at how the Swiss media have reported and reacted to three major stories in the US – in politics, finance and science. The big political news in Switzerland this week was the announcement on Friday of a trade deal with the US: tariffs on Swiss imports will be reduced from 39% to 15% in return for considerable investments by Swiss companies. In the US, however, the big political news has been the possible release of Justice Department files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, something US President Donald Trump had opposed for months before changing his mind at the weekend. What’s the Swiss take on Trump’s U-turn? This week I also look at the latest development in UBS’s speculated move to the US, and Trump’s decision to start testing nuclear weapons again. After a lot of twists and turns, the publication of the so-called Epstein files is getting closer, Swiss public broadcaster SRF ...
