SWISS DAIRY INDUSTRY CONFIDENT IT WILL SURVIVE FAILED EU/SWISS TRADE TALKS – BUT RISKS TO COMMERCE ARE REAL
June 1st, 2021
SWITZERLAND and the European Union (EU) will gain nothing by throwing away existing trade rules after long-term negotiations to create a new comprehensive EU-Swiss ‘Institutional Framework Agreement’ collapsed, dairy industry experts have told Dairy Industries International (DII).
Talks ended on May 26, when Switzerland’s Federal Council announced it would not pursue its discussions with the EU, over concerns that a major EU deal would undermine Swiss wages, give EU immigrants social benefit rights and reduce Swiss government powers to subsidise particular ...
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