The Schengen Area is a passport-free travel zone comprising 25 EU member countries plus Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland.
November 19, 2025
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institutional
Schengen facilitates cross-border movement without routine ID checks among participating states.
In August 2025, the United States government imposed a 39 percent tariff on imports from Switzerland, a tariff level described as the highest applied to any Western nation.
August 01, 2025
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temporal
A specific high tariff level applied by U.S. trade policy to Swiss imports in 2025.