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Meeting with Donald Trump
Last day of the WEF. Alain Berset receives Donald Trump, with Federal Councillors Ignazio Cassis and Johann Schneider-Ammann. On the American side, several cabinet members. On the agenda: economic relations; vocational training, in which the US President takes a personal interest; Switzerland’s protecting power mandate for the United States in Iran; and International Geneva.
Before the press, Alain Berset points out that Switzerland is the sixth-largest investor in the United States and that its companies have created 500,000 direct jobs there. He asks for the proceedings against the Swiss “category 1” banks to be closed quickly, to turn the page on the tax dispute. He describes the exchange as “very open, productive and a real exchange” and writes on Twitter: “Excellent talk with President Trump.” The White House readout also mentions the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
Speeches on this site
- Point de presse après la rencontre avec le président des États-Unis Donald Trump (in German, French-language page)
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