Free trade agreement signed with China

Swiss Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann and the Chinese Minister of Commerce, Gao Hucheng, signed a bilateral free trade agreement in Beijing on the 6 July 2013. The agreement is expected to go into effect in 2014.

• Primary Source

Le Temps, 08.07.13: Bern and Beijing sign free-trade deal (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/3950071-bern-and-beijing-sign-free-trade-deal

Reuters, 06.07.13: China, Switzerland sign free trade agreement http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/06/us-china-trade-idUSBRE96503E20130706

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