Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli is considering making its popular Easter bunnies in the US in an attempt to limit the damage of Donald Trump’s trade war.

The chocolatier – based in Kilchberg near Lake Zurich – is exploring plans to spend as much as $10m (£7.4m) on making its chocolate figurines in the US, in a move that would avert tariffs imposed on European imports.

The chocolates are all currently made by Lindt in Germany, meaning shipments to the US are subject to a 15pc tariff following a EU-US trade deal signed last month.

Lindt owns a manufacturing plant in New Hampshire that is already under expansion.

The US is a critical market for Lindt, worth almost $850m in annual sales according to company filings.

The possible shift comes as the company is already grappling wit

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