{"id":529898,"date":"2025-11-14T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=529898"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:27:04","slug":"etats-unis-regard-libre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/policy\/world\/etats-unis-regard-libre\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abLe Regard Libre\u00bb in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"

Traveling through eight American states, four of our media editors explored what the USA and Switzerland, sister republics with cross-fertilizing democratic influences, still have to say to each other at a time of trade war launched by Donald Trump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

For one month, the Regard Libre<\/em> crossed part of the United States, from the East Coast to Texas, via the Great Plains, the megalopolises and the mountains of Oklahoma. This journalistic and human adventure, carried out during the summer of 2025, gave birth to our special issue n\u00b06<\/a>, The result of teamwork, roadwork and reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All too often, America comes to us through the distorting prism of ready-made images: a country torn apart, an empire in decline, a laboratory of excess. We wanted to see for ourselves. In the field, we encountered a more nuanced reality: a welcoming, enterprising people, deeply paradoxical too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intellectual and visual roadmap<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At a time when Donald Trump is imposing 39% of tariffs on Swiss exports, (editor's note: down to 15% according to Friday's announcement)<\/em>, Le Regard Libre<\/em> wanted to open up the discussion by exploring what these sister republics<\/em>, which have mutually influenced each other's democratic systems, still have a lot to say to each other. The trade war launched by the American president is analysed in depth in the dossier in this month's current issue, devoted to the return of mercantilism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n