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Agreement name:	Switzerland - China
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	06-Jul-2013	Date of notification:	30-Jun-2014
Date of entry into force:	01-Jul-2014	End of implementation period (G):	2028
		End of implementation period (S):	2014
Current signatories:	China; Switzerland
Original signatories:	China; Switzerland
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	East Asia; Europe
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Confédération Suisse, Secrétariat d'État à l'Économie
China FTA Network

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status (G):

Factual Presentation issued

Consideration status (S):

Factual Presentation issued

Date of Consideration (G):

25-Sep-2015

Date of Consideration (S):

25-Sep-2015

Early announcement

Date negotiations commenced:	28-Jan-2011	Date of signature:	06-Jul-2013

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG351

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG351/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/742	E F S
Factual Presentation (G&S)	WT/REG351/1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG351/2	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG351/3	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG351/M/1	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (G & S)	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 14/05/2019

Topics
	Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ)
	All quantitative import restrictions prohibited
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Other Criteria(s)
		De minimis rules
		Cumulation among Parties
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		Exclusion of an RTA party in global safeguard action
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Positive list (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Promotion
	Rendez-Vous clause (Investment)
	Provisions on capital transfers
	Domestic Regulation


	Mutual Recognition
	Balance-of-payments measures (Services)
	Subsidies (Services)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Services)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Government procurement
	Intellectual property rights
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement
		Copyrights and neighbouring rights
		Patent
		Trademarks
		Industrial Designs
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
		Traditional Knowledge
		Enforcement
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Competition)
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Environment
		No relaxation of environmental laws
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Environment)
	Labour
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Transparency provisions