ISDS Case Map
Switzerland
The seventh round of negotiations on an enhanced Free Trade Agreement with Switzerland took place in London between 5 and 13 June 2025.
Swiss firms eye India expansion as FTA with EFTA nears implementation. With $100B investment planned over 15 years, sectors like biotech, pharma, and engineering align with India’s growth goals, making it a key hub for global value chains and innovation.
Switzerland and the United States have agreed to accelerate their trade talks and are determined to reach an agreement quickly, Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter said, without specifying a time frame.
China and Switzerland have reiterated their willingness to accelerate negotiations on upgrading their bilateral Free Trade Agreement.
In Bern, several hundred people on the Bundesplatz criticized the federal government, which wants to modernize the International Energy Charter Treaty that came into force in 1998. They called for an exit.
The sixth round of negotiations on an enhanced Free Trade Agreement with Switzerland took place in Switzerland between 3 and 10 March 2025.
China and Switzerland have commenced the first round of negotiations to upgrade their Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Beijing, focusing on various areas such as trade in goods and services, investment, and e-commerce.
The Swiss parliament has approved the free trade agreement between the EFTA states and India. After the Council of States, the National Council also approved the corresponding federal decree on Thursday. Switzerland is one of the EFTA states.
Alexandre Fasel, the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in Switzerland on Thursday said that India and Switzerland are poised to strengthen their economic ties through a new bilateral investment treaty.
During a five-day trip to Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay this week, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis tried to push forward negotiations on a free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
