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• Economic situation
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Foreign trade & Economic Cooperation

• Foreign Economic Policy
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• Economic Relations
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      • Europe
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  • European Union (EU)
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    • Business and Human Rights
    • Fight against corruption
      • Instruments and initiatives
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        • What is corruption and why to fight it?
        • How to prevent corruption?
        • What to do when faced with a concrete corruption case ?
        • Case study
  • Digital Trade / E-Commerce
  • International trade in goods
    • Customs tariff policy
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    • Processed agricultural products
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    • Trade facilitation
    • Steel and Aluminum Imports in the U.S.
    • Safeguard measures on steel imports
  • Commodities
  • Technical Barriers to Trade
    • «Cassis de Dijon principle»
      • Special regulation for food
      • Exceptions to the Cassis de Dijon principle
    • International Agreements (Mutual Recognition Agreements - MRA)
      • MRA Switzerland - EU
      • Mutual recognition with the EEA/EFTA states and Turkey
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      • Contact persons
    • Conformity Assessment - Accreditation
    • Import Platform
      • Facilitated placing of goods according to international agreements or the «Cassis de Dijon principle»
      • Portal of Swiss technical regulations
        • Foodstuffs, animal products, animals, plants and means of production
        • Industrial products
        • Objects for daily use
        • Other products with sectoral regulations
  • Trade in Services
    • WTO/GATS
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      • Indonesia
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    • Plurilateral
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  • International Investments
    • Foreign Investments
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    • Switzerland's Investment Treaty Policy
      • Overview of BITs
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    • International Investment Policy
  • Export Controls and Sanctions
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      • Export Control Regimes and international Treaties
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• International organizations
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  • EFTA
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  • WTO
    • Switzerland and the dispute settlement system
    • Transparency
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    • Recent agreements
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• Economic Cooperation and Development

Labour

• Working Conditions
  • Employee protection
    • Work and rest period
      • On-call duty
  • Chemicals and Occupational Health
    • SICHEM – Safe use of chemicals
    • Occupational Exposure Limits (DNEL)
    • Exposure
      • TREXMO
• Policy on skilled labour
  • Acquisition of additional skills and advanced qualifications
  • Work-family balance
  • Working to retirement age and beyond
  • Innovation

Promotion Activities

• Guide to promotion activities
• Export and location promotion
  • News
  • Location promotion
  • Export promotion
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    • OECD Export Credits Arrangement
    • Paris Club
• SME Policy
  • News
  • SME financing
  • Loan guarantees for SMEs
  • Tax relief within the scope of regional policy
  • Reducing the administrative burden
  • SME Forum
    • Issues discussed (in German)
    • Recommendations of the SME Forum
    • SME Test
      • Conducted SME tests (in German)
  • E-Government
    • SME Portal
    • EasyGov.swiss
    • EasyGov and SME Portal Use Assessment Study
      • EasyGov.swiss Use Assessment Study 2021
      • EasyGov and SME Portal Use Assessment Study 2018
      • Benefit assessment Online portal StartBiz
• Tourism policy
  • Tourism Strategy of the Swiss Confederation
    • Improve framework conditions
    • Promote entrepreneurship
    • Back sustainable development
      • Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO
    • Exploit the opportunities presented by digitalisation
    • Enhance the appeal of tourism offerings and Switzerland’s market presence

Advertising methods and business practices

• Unfair competition
  • International networks

Services & publications

• Publications
  • Labour
    • Working Conditions
      • Leaflets and information sheets
      • Pamphlets and Flyer
      • Studies and Reports
    • Labour market
      • Older workers
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      • Work and family
      • Labour market
      • Youth labor market
  • Foreign trade
    • Foreign Economic Policy
    • Bilateral Economic Relations
    • CSR and Fight against corruption
    • Free Trade
  • Business Cycle
  • Advertising methods and business practices
    • Unfair Competition
  • Promotion Activities
    • Pamphlets
    • Studies
  • Structural change and growth
    • Growth
    • Structural change
    • Innovation
      • Öffentliche Innovationsförderung
      • Innovationsleistungen
      • Innovationshemmnisse
    • Bankrupty law
    • Digital economy
    • Industry analysis
  • Public procurement «simap»
  • Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce «SOGC»
  • «Die Volkswirtschaft»
• Suscribing the news
• RSS-Feeds
• E-Bill
  • Financial Contact and account information

The SECO

• A portrait of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
  • Labour Directorate
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  • Organisation, Law & Accreditation Directorate
• Press Releases
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  • Press Releases 2018 - SECO
  • Press Releases 2017 - SECO
  • Press Releases 2016 - SECO
  • Press Releases 2015 - SECO
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  • Press Releases 2012 - SECO
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• Comments on media articles
• SECO's board of directors
• Locations
• Contact
  • Media and Communication
• Photos and Logos
  • Helene Budliger Artieda
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  • Ivo Germann
  • Martin Saladin
  • Thomas Marthaler
  • Dominique Paravicini
  • Thomas A. Zimmermann
  • Pascal Richoz
  • Valerie Berger
  • Simon Plüss
  • Andrea Rauber Saxer
  • Erwin Bollinger