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.