The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) is calling for patience after the US Supreme Court ruled that some of the US tariffs were illegal. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "It cannot be ruled out that the US administration will introduce new customs duties in a new decree," it said. At the moment, certain things are not yet clear," said SECO head Helene Budliger Artieda in an interview with SonntagsBlick. "We need to wait a few days." She assumes that the tariffs will remain in force whatever happens. The United States has in fact announced that there are other legal possibilities, in particular section 232, relating to national security, or section 301, relating to unfair trading practices, Budliger Artieda noted. "I suspect we’ll have to live with the US tariffs." + US tax yo-yo blurs situation for Swiss companies On Friday evening, US President Donald Trump set the new tariffs at 15% for 150 days, the maximum authorised by a 1974 trade law.
