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US agrees to reduce Swiss tariff rates to 15%
The United States will cut tariffs on goods from Switzerland to 15% from 39% under a new trade agreement that matches other EU countries. But will cheese be part of the deal?
Switzerland and the US have reached a trade deal which cuts tariffs on Swiss imports from 39% to 15%. What will Switzerland do in exchange for this deal? And what will this mean for Swiss cheese? Andrew Peach speaks to sellers of Swiss cheese in America about how the tariffs have been affecting their business.
(Photo by TIL BUERGY/EPA/Shutterstock
Cheesemaker Diego examines a wheel of cheese in the cheese cellar at the cheese factory in Sumiswald, Emmental region, Switzerland, 08 August 2025.)
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