Published on November 6, 2024 at 2:32 p.m. / Modified on November 6, 2024 at 5:04 p.m.
The American election was obviously on everyone’s lips during the Parliament’s Foreign Policy Day in Bern, which was held on Wednesday. President of the Swiss-USA Parliamentary Association, national advisor Damien Cottier attended with many colleagues. Caught at the exit, the Neuchâtel resident is cautious: “It is very early to determine what the concrete consequences will be for our country,” begins the PLR elected official, who is speaking here in a personal capacity. On the economic level, for example, there are both opportunities, with perhaps the relaunch of free trade agreements, blocked in recent years, but also risks. Donald Trump has promised to increase import taxes, which would be an obstacle for our industry.”
On the geopolitical level, the main change that Damien Cottier perceives on the European continent is that Donald Trump, who wants to focus on competition with China, will undoubtedly increase the pressure on the Europeans and on his allies in the NATO so that they take greater responsibility, also financial, for the security of the continent. But to what extent, he asks?
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