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Many Swiss people from the regions near the border travel to Germany to shop here. They take advantage of the price difference between the two countries. While Swiss retailers are losing billions in sales as a result, competitors on the other side are happy about the additional income. In order to curb shopping tourism, Switzerland has halved the value of purchases that can enter the country tax-free since January 1st. More tagesthemen mittendrin reports here: https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/... All current information and tagesschau24 in the live stream: https://www.tagesschau.de/ All programs, live streams, documentaries and reports also in the ARD media library: https://www.ardmediathek.de/tagesschau