Switzerland Is Being Too Friendly to the US, Voters Say in Poll

Swiss voters reckon their government is being too amenable to the US after President Donald Trump imposed an outsized tariff on their country’s imports.

Some 80% of respondents in a poll for public broadcaster SRG SSR said that Switzerland is “too friendly” to the world’s biggest economy.

The survey also showed that Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter — who until the end of the year also holds the rotating Swiss presidency — is considered the most powerful person in the seven-member cabinet, despite her failure to secure a trade deal with the US.

Keller-Sutter came under public criticism after a ...