IEL Links for Switzerland
Prepared by Georg C. Umbricht

Last updated: April, 2001

IEL Treaties singed by Switzerland (other than WTO)

Bilateral Agreements Switzerland - European Union

• Report on the Agreements and Companion Measures, with Explanations
• Ratification Status within the EU

• Stockholm Convention establishing the EFTA
• 16 FTAs between EFTA and Third Countries
• 10 Declarations on Cooperation
• EC-Switzerland Free Trade Agreement
• FTA between EFTA and Mexico, entry into force July 1, 2001

• Federal Department of Foreign Aaffairs (DFA)
• Federal Department of Finance (EFD)
• Federal Competition Commission and other Competition Authorities
• State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco)
  • Foreign trade policy (Sub-site of Seco)
  • Integrationsbüro EDA/EVD (office for European Integration)
  • Swiss National Bank
  • Swiss Customs
    • Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

• USTR: Foreign Trade Barriers 2001: Switzerland
• EU Trade Statistics concerning Switzerland
• Switzerland and the IMF
• Swiss Federal Statistical Office information is also available under Specialized Categories (German, French, Italian, English)
• Swiss Customs Statistics About Exterior Commerce

• Bilateral Swiss-foreign Chambers of Commerce
• Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Switzerland
• Swiss Import Promotion Program
• Osec Business Network Switzerland
• Swiss Export Association: Swisstrade
• Swiss Organization for Facilitating Investments
• Swiss Development Finance Corporation (SFDC)
• Swiss Bar Association
• Swiss Business Federation
• Switzerland in sight

• Academy of International Economic Law and Dispute Settlement (Prof. Dr. Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, University of Geneva)
• C2D - Research and Documentation Centre on Direct Democracy (University of Geneva)
• Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva)
• Europa Institut an der Universität Zürich (EIZ)
• Institute for Business Cycle Research at the Federal Institute of Technology (KOF)
• Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research (SIAW, University of St. Gallen)
• World Economic Forum (WEF, Cologny/Davos)
• World Trade Institute (WTI, University of Bern)

• Bern Declaration (BD)
• Auf nach Davos (anti WTO Coordination)
• The Public Eye on Davos (challenging the annual WEF meeting)

• Online. WTO-NEWs (German Only)
• NZZ: Recent Articles Pertaining to WTO Issues (German Only)

• The Swiss Review of International Economic Relations, Aussenwirtschaft (English and German)

• Regulatory Barriers and the Principle of Non-Discrimination in World Trade Law, Michigan University Press, Ann Abor, 2000.
• Intellectual Property : Trade, Competition, and Sustainable Development (Studies in International Economics)
  by Thomas Cottier (Editor), et al., June 2001.

• The GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement System. International Law, International Organizations and Dispute Settlement, Kluwer Publishers 1997, 344 pp.
• International Trade Law and the GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement System, Kluwer Publishers 1997, 660 pp.

"WTO Regulation of World Trade after the Uruguay Round", Zürich (Schulthess-Verlage) 1998.

"WTO - System und Funktionsweise der Welthandelsordnung", Zürich (Schulthess-Verlage) 2000.

• Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ)
• English Window (NZZ)
• Tages-Anzeiger
• Le Temps

• USTR Report on foreign trade barriers: Switzerland
• The EU's relations with Switzerland - an overview
• Switzerland: from Heidland to Hight-Tech Land, Address by Federal Councilor Pascal Couchepin, Minister of Economic Affairs, Switzerland
• Switzerland-2001 Article IV Consultation: Concluding Statement, Berne, January 29, 2001
• International Monetary and Financial Committee Meeting
  Statement by Mr. Kaspar Villiger
  Minister of Finance of Switzerland
  September 24, 2000
• TPRB/150: Switzerland and Lichtenstein, WTO Press Release: 12/6/2000
• Vademecum "Swiss Foreign Trade" 2000/2001 by the Swiss Office for Trade Promotion (OESC)
• Swiss Foreign Policy Report 2000: Department of Foreign Affairs
• Swiss Federal Councilor Joseph Deiss: Switzerland and European integration: Parallels and Prospects - Reflections on a Churchillean view: Churchill's Europe 2000 Conference, Zurich
• Switzerland - European Union: The Bilateral Agreements with special consideration of the free movement of persons by Prof. Dr. Tobias Jaag
• "The Requirement of Consensus Is the Best... and the Worst".
• A Post-Seattle Interview with WTO Chief Mike Moore, by NZZ
• The Loneliness of the Powerful; America between Leadership and Integration, by Ulrich Schmid, NZZ
• A New Round in the Struggle for the Rule of Law; New European Court of Human Rights Opens, by Andrea Spalinger, NZZ

• Intergovernmental Organizations of the UN system
• Intergovernmental. Organizations. outside the UN system
• International NGO
• National org / associations / foundations

• IKRK/ICRC - International Commitee of the Red Cross, Geneva
• WHO - World Health Organization, Geneva
• WMO - World Meteorological Organization, Geneva
• CERN - European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva
• FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association, Zürich
• ITU - International Telecommunication Union, Geneva
• EBU - European Broadcasting Union, Grand-Saconnex
• ISO - International Organization for Standardization, Geneva
• UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva
• UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva
• WWF - World Wildlife Fund International und WWF Schweiz
• Greenpeace
• GCI - Green Cross International, Geneva
• ICAA - International Council on Alcohol and Addictions, Lausanne
• IOM - International Organization for Migration, Geneva
• OSZE/OSCE - Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa

• Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation
• Links to all Departments, Judiciary and Legislative (Including links to cantonal governments)
• Swiss Bar Association

• University of Basel
• University of Bern
• University of Fribourg
• University of Geneva
• University of Lausanne
• University of Lugano
• University of Luzerne
• University of Neuchâtel
• University of St. Gallen
• University of Zurich
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Zurich
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Lausanne
• General Information for Foreign Students (Requirements and Scholarships)

• Swiss Libraries provided by SWITCH, the Swiss Academic & Research Network, with information on access methods.
• Swiss Political Links Links provided by Prof. Hans Geser and Markus Roth of the Institute of Sociology at the University of Zurich.
• Swiss Exchange (Swiss Stock Exchange, official homepage)
• Federal and cantonal commercial registers in Switzerland>
• City of Geneva
  • Geneva International
  • Diplomatic Missions and Consulates in Geneva
• City of Zurich

• Switzerland Tourism
• Swiss Tourism Regions and Resorts
• Arts Council of Switzerland
• swissartNETWORK: www.swissart.ch
• Swiss Federal Railways
• Swiss Radio International
• Finaroute route planner (Interactive)
• Telephone book (not always up to date)
• Phonebook (updated, but only for private addresses)