Looking for a textbook example of the uncertainty Trump has created with his global trade war – abetted by wars in Ukraine and Gaza – look no further than Switzerland.

Switzerland's President Karin Keller-Sutter and other top officials traveled to Washington on Tuesday to try to convince President Donald Trump that the 39% tariff on Swiss products -- among the highest from the Trump administration -- was too much and could cut profits for famed Swiss industries like chocolates and watchmaking.

Wielding a medieval halberd, the president of the conservative Swiss People’s Party lays out the choice Switzerland faces: a simpler life that the country’s founders spelled out in a one-page declaration more than 700 years ago or a 2,