{"id":71791,"date":"2025-08-16T19:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T19:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/71791\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T19:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T19:12:16","slug":"most-swiss-against-making-concessions-to-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/71791\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Swiss against making concessions to the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swiss voters expect pain from America\u2019s new border taxes but do not want Bern to blink. In a YouGov Switzerland poll, two-thirds (66%) say the 39% tariff on Swiss exports to the United States\u2014introduced on 7 August 2025\u2014will significantly harm the economy. Only 5% foresee little or no impact.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"400\" data-attachment-id=\"118216\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lenews.ch\/2025\/08\/15\/most-swiss-against-making-concessions-to-the-us\/switzerland_ruletkka-_-dreamstime-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lenews.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Switzerland_Ruletkka-_-Dreamstime.com_.jpg?fit=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,534\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Switzerland_Ruletkka _ Dreamstime.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lenews.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Switzerland_Ruletkka-_-Dreamstime.com_.jpg?fit=270%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lenews.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Switzerland_Ruletkka-_-Dreamstime.com_.jpg?fit=599%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Switzerland_Ruletkka-_-Dreamstime.com_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118216\"  \/>\u00a9 Ruletkka | Dreamstime.com<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, just a quarter (25%) favour making concessions to Washington to ease the duties. A clear majority (65%) think Switzerland should resist pressure even if the 39% levy stays. Half of respondents say the country ought to rely more on domestic products, accepting higher prices at home if necessary.<br \/>Promising more Swiss corporate investment in America finds little favour: 41% oppose such a pledge; 15% support it. Slightly over half (52%) judge that the episode argues for closer co-operation with the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>Party lines are muted on how to respond to the American tariffs. The sharper split concerns Europe: backers of the Swiss People\u2019s Party (UDC\/SVP) are notably sceptical\u2014only 27% support deeper EU ties and 43% oppose them, yielding an average backing of 4.0 on a 0\u201310 scale. Socialist Party supporters are the most enthusiastic, scoring 8.1 on the same scale.<\/p>\n<p>YouGov surveyed 1,260 adults in Switzerland online between August 5th and 11th 2025. Responses were quota-controlled by age, gender and language region and weighted accordingly. Results are representative of residents aged 18\u201379.<\/p>\n<p>More on this:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/business.yougov.com\/fr\/content\/52759-39-pour-cent-de-droits-de-douane-pour-les-exportations-suisses-vers-les-etats-unis-la-population-sattend-a-des-repercussions-economiques\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouGov poll<\/a>\u00a0(in French)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swissfrenchschool.ch\/fr\/test-de-francais\/?utm_source=LeNews_SFStest&amp;utm_medium=ArticleLink&amp;utm_campaign=LeNews_SFStest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Take a 5 minute French test now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more stories like this on Switzerland follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeNews.ch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lenews_ch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated posts\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Swiss voters expect pain from America\u2019s new border taxes but do not want Bern to blink. 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