中国商务部部长王文涛与瑞士联邦主席兼经济、教研部长帕姆兰20日在伯尔尼会见,共同宣布完成中国—瑞士自由贸易协定升级谈判并签署谅解备忘录。1双方经过五轮磋商,在货物、服务、投资、规则等多个领域承诺作出更高水平的双向开放。1
原中国—瑞士自由贸易协定于2013年7月签署,2014年7月生效。1升级谈判自2024年9月启动,此前双方于2017年1月启动升级联合可研,并在2024年1月完成。1帕姆兰表示,协定成功升级是双边关系发展进程中的又一重要里程碑。1
2014年至2024年十年间,中瑞双边贸易额增长44%,过去5年间双边贸易额年均超过500亿美元。1
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and Swiss Federal President Karin Keller-Sütter announced the completion of upgrade negotiations for the China-Switzerland Free Trade Agreement during a meeting in Bern on August 20, and signed a memorandum of understanding 1. The upgrade negotiations, which began in September 2024, concluded successfully after five rounds of consultations 1.
Under the upgraded agreement, both nations have committed to achieving higher levels of reciprocal market openness across multiple sectors including goods, services, investment, and regulatory frameworks 1. Keller-Sütter stated that "the successful upgrade of the agreement represents another important milestone in the development of bilateral relations" 1. The original trade agreement was signed in July 2013 and entered into force in July 2014 1. A joint feasibility study was launched in January 2017 and completed in January 2024, paving the way for the upgrade process 1.
Over the ten-year period from 2014 to 2024, bilateral trade volume between China and Switzerland increased by 44 percent 1. In the past five years, from 2020 to 2025, average annual bilateral trade has exceeded $50 billion 1.
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