ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter declined to say whether her country could this year strike a deal on tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump, following trade tensions that have strained relations between the two nations.

“It’s not possible to forecast,” Keller-Sutter said in a Tages-Anzeiger newspaper interview published on Friday when asked about the possibility of an agreement in 2025. “Everything depends on whether the U.S. president gives the green light or not.”

Following a call with Keller-Sutter in late July, Trump imposed 39% tariffs on Switzerland in August, justifying them by the size of the U.S. trade deficit with the Alpine country.

Keller-Sutter drew domestic criticism for her handling of the call, and Trump later publicly complained she “didn’t want

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