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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Didi Tang and Zeke Miller

With China and the US at intense economic odds, nations are being forced to choose sides

US China Tariff Strategy - (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

One went to the United States. The other went to China. It was a sign of the times.

While the Swiss president was in Washington last week to lobby U.S. officials over President Donald Trump's threatened 31% tariff on Swiss goods, the Swiss foreign minister was in Beijing, expressing his nation's willingness to strengthen cooperation with China and upgrade a free trade agreement.

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