Economic, Trade and Financial Affairs Section

The Economic, Trade and Financial Affairs Section of the Swiss Embassy is covering a wide range of economic topics such as trade, financial policy, intellectual property rights, transport policy, trade & sustainable development, foreign investments.

In particular, the Section fulfils the following tasks:

  • It works at bilateral and multilateral level with the Indian government, private sector stakeholders, business associations, civil society organizations, academia and think tanks in order to facilitate collaborations, identify synergies and promote Swiss interest abroad.

  • It reports on important developments in the Indian economy, on fiscal and financial issues, on the government’s policy agenda and on new trends of special interest for Swiss stakeholders, in view of paving the way for policy making.

  • It supports Swiss companies facing regulatory and operational challenges while doing business in India whenever possible.

  • Generally, it aims at ensuring good framework conditions and ease-of-doing-business, to foster trade and investments, to facilitate access to the Indian market and to ensure a level playing field for Swiss companies in India.

Preventing corruption - information for Swiss business operating abroad

The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has published a brochure on corruption in international business transactions. The brochure can help companies to become familiar with related international conventions and applicable regulations of the Swiss criminal law.

It highlights the effects of corruption on businesses and proposes measures that can be taken to prevent and actively combat corrupt conduct. The legal terms are illustrated by different real-life scenarios.

The brochure was elaborated in cooperation with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Switzerland, economiesuisse, Transparency International Switzerland, a.o.

A third, updated edition was published in November 2017. Download guidelines (PDF, 2.1 MB, English)