As dozens of countries race to reach trade deals with the U.S. ahead of a Thursday deadline, President Trump has embraced a strategy that goes beyond the usual focus on markets and deficits: He’s demanding multibillion-dollar investments in the U.S.

President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on nearly all of the United States’s trading partners on July 31, the latest move in his aggressive trade policy that he says will spur domestic manufacturing in the United States.

Ahead of a Friday deadline, Trump set rates including a 35% duty on many goods from Canada, 50% for Brazil, 25% for India, 20% for Taiwan and 39% for Switzerland, according to a presidential executive order. Get a daily digest of breaking business news straight to your inbox with the Reuters Business newsletter. Sign up here.

By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group's chief executive Nick Hayek has a tariff problem. And the clock is ticking. U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed a 39% tariff on most Swiss-made products last week,

Switzerland's government will hold an extraordinary cabinet meeting on Monday to discuss its response to President Donald Trump's 39% tariff on Swiss imports, which threatens to inflict heavy damage to its U.

Karin Keller-Sutter accused of mishandling talks as shares dive after Switzerland hit with 39% tariff