US/Swiss free trade pact on the horizon? For Switzerland, the USA represents the second-largest export market after Germany. But a free-trade agreement with America has rarely been pursued--until now.

Swiss NewsNbr. 2005, January 2005

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US/Swiss free trade pact on the horizon? For Switzerland, the USA represents the second-largest export market after Germany. But a free-trade agreement with America has rarely been pursued--until now.

For millenia--from the Egyptians in the Old World to the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas in the New World, from the mercantilist era to modern globalisation--countries have exploited bilateral commercial treaties to obtain comparative advantage.

Growth and decline of civilisations have been shaped by the environment, technology, warfa...

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