President Trump’s 39 percent tariff on Switzerland has forced some companies to consider whether they could produce in the United States while still retaining their Swiss identity.
With a budget crisis looming, a proposal for a tax on ultrahigh-wealth individuals has grass-roots support, but it adds conflict to an already fragmented political landscape.
Protesters carried a banner that reads, “Macron resign. General strike,” in Paris on Thursday. In major cities across France, protesters chanted demands for “fiscal justice.”