The Swiss government is considering lifting a ban on the import of chlorinated chickens from the US, in a bid to persuade US president Donald Trump to lower his steep trade tariffs.
This news may be hard to swallow, but it shows to what lengths the Swiss government will go to get President Trump to lower the tariffs on its imports.
To get a better deal, the Federal Council is considering lifting the ban on imports of American poultry treated with chlorine and raised on industrial farms.
This concession to Washington is, not surprisingly, raising criticism.
The Swiss Poultry Producers Association finds the idea of chlorinated poultry “absolutely unacceptable.”
As for the Green Party, it pointed out that “Switzerland spends billions to support its agriculture. With cheap, environmentally harmful, and unhealthy imports, we are undermining this strategy.”
