Switzerland will continue talks with the United States, its president said on Thursday, after President Donald Trumpplaced crippling import tariffs on Swiss goods, which threaten to inflict serious damage on its export-focused economy.

Switzerland had negotiated early and swiftly. The deal it offered “was not so different from that of the European Union”, says a senior Swiss official. It contained similar pledges to invest in America,

The Swiss president is heading to the U.S. in a last-ditch effort to head off punishing tariffs that threaten to cripple key sectors of the country’s export-reliant economy. President Trump’s recent decision to impose a 39% levy—one of the highest in the world—stunned the Alpine nation and upended months of negotiations in which Swiss officials believed they were on the verge of securing a favorable deal.