Business in Switzerland

The objectives of the subject “International Trade and Business in Switzerland” are the following:

1. To analyze the Swiss Economy and Foreign Trade
2. To know the business opportunities in the Swiss market
3. To analyze the trade relations of Switzerland with the country of the student
4. To know the Switzerland Trade Agreements
5. To develop a business plan for the Swiss Market

The Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in Switzerland” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: European Business, World Trade.

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Languages: + Suiza Suisse Suíça.

1. Credits of the Subject “Doing Business in Switzerland”: 1
2. Duration: one week

Transport and Logistics in Switzerland. Access to the transport corridors:

1. Atlantic Corridor
2. Baltic-Adriatic Corridor
3. North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor

Swiss Preferential Access and Trade Agreements:

1. Switzerland and the European Economic Area
2. EFTA
   1. Switzerland as a member of the EFTA has trade agreements with Mexico, Egypt, the SACU, Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc
3. Japan-Switzerland FTA
4. Faroe Islands-Switzerland FTA
5. UK-Switzerland-Liechtenstein Trade Agreement
6. China-Switzerland Free Trade Agreement (negotiation)
7. Regional Cooperation Council
8. ALADI (observer)

1. WTO
   1. Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
   2. GATS
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
   5. Agreement on Safeguards
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
2. WCO
   1. Kyoto Convention
3. Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods
4. CMR Convention
5. COTIF Convention
6. Rotterdam Rules
7. BIC
8. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
9. IMO 
   1. Istanbul Convention
10. Customs Convention on Containers
11. IRU
    1. TIR Convention
    2. Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport
12. International Rail Transport Committee (CIT)
13. ICS
14. ICC

European Organizations:

1. UNECE
2. OSCE
3. Group of States of the European Council Convention against Corruption

Global Organizations:

1. Inter-American Development Bank
2. Asian Development Bank
3. UN
4. WB
5. WTO
6. IMF
7. African Development Bank
8. OECD

The Swiss Confederation

1. Swiss Capital: Bern
2. Official Languages of Switzerland: German, French, Italian and Romansh
3. Swiss Area: 41,285 km²
4. Swiss Population: 8 million people
5. Type of Government of Switzerland: Parliamentary Federal Republic
6. Borders of Switzerland: Germany, Austria, France, Italy and Liechtenstein

Religion in Switzerland: Catholicism (Christianity).

1. The theologian Hans Kung was born in Switzerland

Switzerland belongs to the European Economic Area.

Swiss Economy.

1. The Swiss Confederation is the fourth richest and the most developed country in the world
2. Switzerland is the second most competitive economy in the world
3. Swiss GDP (nominal): 650,431 million dollars;
   1. Agriculture: 4%
   2. Industry: 24%
   3. Services: 72%
4. GDP per capita of Switzerland: 83,718 dollars
5. Swiss Currency: Swiss Franc
6. Financial centers in Zurich, Geneva and Basel
7. The largest Swiss bank is UBS and the second is Credit Suisse
8. Switzerland is often classified as a tax haven
9. In Switzerland, there is banking secrecy guaranteed by the Constitution
10. Switzerland has large multinationals: UBS, Credit Suisse, Swatch, Nestlé, Novartis, ABB, Adecco, Rolex
11. Top Swiss economic activities: financial sector, chemical industry, musical instruments, food products, tourism, engineering
12. Switzerland has virtually no natural resources

Switzerland is home to several international Organizations: 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:

1. The businesswoman of Lebanese origin (Swatch Group) Nayla Hayek is a Swiss citizen
2. The South African businesswoman Rapelanga Rabana sold her company to the Swiss telecommunications company Telfree
3. The Brazilian banker Edmund Safra created the Foreign Trade Development Bank in Geneva
4. The Managing Director of the Swiss Rothschild group is PhD Jogishwar Singh (Sikh religion)

Swiss Foreign Trade.

1. Main Swiss Exports: chemical products, electronics, precision instruments, watches
2. The aluminum produced in Montenegro is exported by Switzerland
3. Top Swiss exports destinations: Germany, the U.S., Italy, France
4. Main suppliers of Switzerland: Germany, Italy, France
5. Lonrho Swiss company is developing the Port of Luba (Equatorial Guinea)

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