Switzerland’s top trade diplomat made three trips to Washington since outsized US tariffs came into effect in August as Bern attempts to negotiate a lower rate.

The Free Movement of People and the Success of Far-Right Parties: Evidence from Switzerland’s Border Liberalization By Ala Alrababah, Bocconi University, Andreas Beerli, ETH Zurich, Dominik Hangartner, ETH Zurich, and Dalston Ward, ETH Zurich The main theories explaining electoral backlash against immigration focus on citizens’ cultural, economic, and security concerns. We test these predictions in Switzerland, which opened its labor market to neighboring countries in the 2000s.

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