Switzerland is ready to make a "more attractive offer" in trade talks with Washington, its government said on Monday, following a crisis meeting aimed at averting a 39% U.S. import tariff on Swiss goods that threatens to hammer its export-driven economy.

Swiss officials and business leaders reacted with shock and confusion after the president’s executive order imposing a 39% tariff—a higher rate than all but three nations. The reason for it? A skyrocketing trade imbalance.

The Swiss government said it had “no indication” the country would be hit with a 39 percent tariff, which is set to take effect this week.

President Trump is seeking to promote U.S. energy in his trade negotiations, but announcements about agreements so far have been light on details, and actual outcomes are largely mysterious. Recently,

U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will likely talk "over the next number of days" after the U.S. imposed a 35% tariff on goods not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement,

The president says his tariffs will spur America into a "golden age," but that remains far from certain. Here are five things about how his trade policies could impact the U.S. and global economies.

Little by little, the costs of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are starting to add up, both for consumers and American companies that are raising prices, reporting tariff-related hits to their profits,