Swiss lawmakers have urged prosecutors to assess whether gold gifts received by Donald Trump broke the country’s anti-bribery laws.
Parliamentarians Raphaël Mahaim and Greta Gysin have asked the nation’s Office of the Attorney General to examine whether presents reportedly given to the U.S President by Swiss business leaders—among them a Rolex watch and a gold bar—breached the criminal code on offering an “undue advantage” to a foreign public official, according to Reuters.
The request follows a U.S.–Swiss framework deal this month, lowering Trump’s 39 percent tariff on Swiss goods to 15 percent. This deal was announced 10 days after the Oval Office meeting where the gifts were given, the outlet reports.
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