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Switzerland Eases Norms to Implement FTA with India
Financial Express Chennai
|September 04, 2025
Pact signed in March 2024, to take effect on Oct 1
SWITZERLAND, THE BIGGEST economy of the four-nation European Free Trade Association (EFTA), has adopted all the necessary regulatory amendments to implement the customs concessions agreed in the trade agreement with India.
The agreement that was signed in March 2024, will become operational from October 1. Other members of the EFTA are Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. The biggest trade partner for India within the bloc is Switzerland with a large trade of gold.
According to a statement by the Swiss government, for the first time India has enshrined legally binding provisions in the area of trade and sustainable development in a free trade agreement (FTA).
This story is from the September 04, 2025 edition of Financial Express Chennai.
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