{"id":6339,"date":"2025-08-19T01:22:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=6339"},"modified":"2025-08-19T01:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:22:31","slug":"german-media-in-response-to-us-tariffs-germany-proposes-switzerlandsaccession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=6339","title":{"rendered":"German media: in response to US tariffs, Germany proposes Switzerland&#8217;s\u201cAccession\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>German newsroom network reported on the 17th that, in view of the tariff conflict between Switzerland and the United States, the Bundestag of Germany deputy speaker, Omid Nouripur, suggested that Switzerland join the European Union. The Social Democrats, one of Germany&#8217;s ruling parties, are also open to it. However, the idea has met with strong opposition in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDie Bundesregierung soll die sch\u00e3 \u00b6 Nze Einen Schnell Verbesserten Zusammenarbeit verpflichten, Sogar Die Sch\u00e3 \u00b6 Nung der Sch\u00e3 1\/4 Nde in der Eu Anschlie\u00e3 ? en\u201d, Sagte der Gr\u00fcnen Politiker Nooripur DPA. \u201cWenn Unsere Schweizer Freunde in diesem neuen Zeitpunkt eine signale, dass sie sich mit der EU Besser Zusammenbringen Wollen, Sollte Deutschland Aktiv Unterst\u00e3 1\/4 Tzen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On August 7th Donald Trump imposed a 39% tariff on Swiss goods. EU zero products would be subject to a 15 per cent tariff. Swiss business associations said it would have dire consequences and put tens of thousands of jobs at risk, according to the newspaper. Switzerland relies on exports and the US is its most important market, accounting for 18 per cent of its exports last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6340\" title=\"36e6950a3d99e9202e48b88381e4d706u5\" src=\"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/36e6950a3d99e9202e48b88381e4d706u5.jpg\" alt=\"36e6950a3d99e9202e48b88381e4d706u5\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/36e6950a3d99e9202e48b88381e4d706u5.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/36e6950a3d99e9202e48b88381e4d706u5-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/36e6950a3d99e9202e48b88381e4d706u5-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nFile Photo: UBS Group AG office, Geneva, Switzerland. Visual China<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Markus Tens, spokesman for European policy for the Bundestag of Germany SPD parliamentary group, said the party was willing to accept Switzerland as the 28th member of the EU. T?ns also said he was \u201cConfident that Switzerland will be a very good member\u201d. It could take years for other countries to meet the entry criteria, and Switzerland&#8217;s entry would be easy.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview, Swiss Foreign Minister Cassis stressed the need for an integration agreement with the European Union when talking about the country&#8217;s relationship with the EU, according to the newspaper. This is to safeguard trade and stability. He also said the relationship with the United States was still important, but not a friendship. \u201cGerman newsroom network\u201d that Switzerland to join the EU estimated\u201cNo way. While some business associations and some centre-left lawmakers have called for faster integration, the Swiss People&#8217;s Party party on the right, which has the highest approval ratings, is firmly opposed. The party even calls the swiss-eu integration package, which has been carefully negotiated over the years to lay a new foundation for bilateral relations, a\u201cCapitulation agreement\u201d. The plan is expected to be 2027 in a referendum and the party is actively pushing to veto it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; German newsroom network reported on the 17th that, in view of the tariff conflict between Switzerland and the United States, the Bundestag of Germany deputy speaker, Omid Nouripur, suggested&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,267],"tags":[363,1173,3029,487,2927],"views":55,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6339"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6341,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6339\/revisions\/6341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}