Rolex, Gold Gifts to Trump Spur Call for Swiss Investigation

The US agreed to reduce tariffs on Swiss imports to 15%, in return for a broad $200 billion investment pledge by Swiss companies over the next five years.Photographer: Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg

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By Levin Stamm and Fabienne Kinzelmann

November 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM UTC

Updated on

November 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM UTC

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Swiss politicians have urged the the country’s top prosecutor to open a criminal investigation into the gifting of a Rolex table clock and an engraved gold bar to US President Donald Trump by business executives shortly before he agreed to cut tariffs on the country’s exports.