The 'Emergency' That Demanded Huge Tariffs on Swiss Imports Is Now Over. So What Was the Emergency?

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The 'Emergency' That Demanded Huge Tariffs on Swiss Imports Is Now Over. So What Was the Emergency?

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When President Donald Trump ordered a whopping 39 percent tariff on all imports from Switzerland earlier this year, he did so, of course, by claiming there was a national emergency.
Officially, Trump's executive order pointed to "large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits"…

This story appeared on reason.com, 2025-11-17 20:40:07.