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Trade and Business in Switzerland, Bern
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Syllabus of the Subject - Foreign Trade and Business in Switzerland . Bern.
Introduction to the Swiss Confederation (Central Europe );
Swiss Economy;
Doing Business in Bern and Zurich;
Swiss Foreign Trade (Import, Export);
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Switzerland;
Access to the Swiss Market;
Business Plan for Switzerland.
Objectives
The objectives of the subject “International Trade and Business in Switzerland” are the following:
To analyze the Swiss Economy and Foreign Trade (Import, Export, FDI);
To know the business opportunities in the Swiss market;
To analyze the trade relations of Switzerland with the country of the student;
To know the Switzerland Free Trade Agreements;
To develop a business plan for the Swiss Market.
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Related Education
Masters and Doctorate in Global Business for
the Swiss Students .
Foreign Trade and Business in Switzerland
Logistics
Preferential Access
Swiss Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements :
Switzerland and the European Economic Area ;
European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Switzerland as a member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) has trade agreements with
Mexico ,
Central America ,
Serbia ,
Georgia ,
Colombia ,
Albania ,
Macedonia ,
Peru ,
Chile ,
Morocco ,
Canada ,
Singapore , the Philippines ,
Egypt , the
Southern African Customs Union ,
Bosnia and Herzegovina ,
India ,
Tunisia ,
South Korea ,
Jordan ,
Montenegro ,
Ukraine ,
Turkey ,
Lebanon , the
Gulf Cooperation Council etc.
Japan -Switzerland Free Trade Agreement (FTA);
Faroe Islands -Switzerland Free Trade Agreement;
United Kingdom -Switzerland-Liechtenstein Trade Agreement;
China -Switzerland Free Trade Agreement (FTA) (negotiation);
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC ) ;
Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) (observer).
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Trade Facilitation
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Organizations
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Switzerland
The Swiss Confederation
Swiss Capital: Bern;
Official Languages of Switzerland: German, French, Italian and Romansh;
Swiss Area: 41,285 square kilometers;
Swiss Population: 8 million people;
Type of Government of Switzerland: Parliamentary Federal Republic;
Borders of Switzerland: Germany , Austria , France , Italy and Liechtenstein .
Religion in Switzerland: Catholicism (Christianity ).
The theologian Hans Kung was born in Switzerland.
Switzerland belongs to the Western Civilization (European Economic Area).
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Economy
Swiss Economy .
The Swiss Confederation is the fourth richest and the most developed country in the world ;
Switzerland is the second most competitive economy in the world ;
Swiss GDP (nominal): 650,431 million dollars;Agriculture: 4%;
Industry: 24%;
Services: 72%.
GDP per capita of Switzerland: 83,718 dollars;
Swiss Currency: Swiss Franc;
Financial centers in Zurich, Geneva and Basel;
The largest Swiss bank is UBS and the second is Credit Suisse;
Switzerland is often classified as a tax haven ;
In Switzerland, there is banking secrecy guaranteed by the Constitution;
Switzerland has large multinationals: UBS, Credit Suisse, Swatch, Nestlé, Novartis, ABB, Adecco, Rolex;
Top Swiss economic activities: financial sector, chemical industry, musical instruments, food products, tourism, engineering;
Switzerland has virtually no natural resources.
Switzerland is home to several international Organizations: World Trade Organization (WTO),
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) , Universal Postal Union, Red Cross, FIFA,
United Nations Distance Education Commission , Intergovernmental Organization for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF), International Rail Transport Committee (CIT).
In Switzerland there are prominent business men and women from all over the world:
The businesswoman of Lebanese origin (Swatch Group)
Nayla Hayek is a Swiss citizen;
The
South African businesswoman
Rapelanga Rabana sold her company to the Swiss telecommunications company Telfree;
The Brazilian banker
Edmund Safra created the Foreign Trade Development Bank in Geneva;
The
Managing Director of the Swiss Rothschild group is PhD Jogishwar Singh (Sikh religion ).
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Foreign Trade
Swiss Foreign Trade .
Main Swiss Exports: chemical products, electronics, precision instruments, watches;
The aluminum produced in Montenegro is exported by Switzerland;
Top Swiss exports destinations: Germany, the United States , Italy, France;
Main suppliers of Switzerland: Germany, Italy, France;
Lonrho Swiss company is developing the Port of Luba (Equatorial Guinea ).
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(c) EENI
(c) EENI Global Business School (1995-2022)
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