International Trade committee  I can't tell you specific names, but we know that the interest is there and it is big. Canada has a very good image in Switzerland. Thanks to this agreement, once it is in force it will be an excellent basis, and there will be some Swiss firms, for sure. I can give you some names

International Trade committee  It's foreseen in the agreement that after three years of ratification there can be further discussions about these issues. At the moment, I don't have the capacity to give you the information about whether that will be the case, but I could imagine, personally, that there is a ba

International Trade committee  It's quite similar to the Norwegian. The embassy is acting when there are some specific events. That will be the case now after ratification of the Canada-EFTA agreement. So there will be some events together with the Norwegian and the Iceland colleagues as well. There is some ki

International Trade committee  Thank you very much for this question. As you know, this agreement between EFTA and Canada will be a so-called first-generation agreement. That means it includes industrial products and fish as well as processed agricultural products. So for one thing, Swiss chocolate will be ch

International Trade committee  I do not have any specific information on that issue at the moment, but given the excellent relations between Quebec and Switzerland, I am sure there is scope for developing what we already have, especially with regard to pharmaceuticals and chemical products. I am sure that aspe

International Trade committee  Thank you very much for your question, Mr. André. Quebec is obviously an important market for Switzerland; indeed, my Ambassador, Werner Baumann, was in Quebec City a few weeks ago for a courtesy visit. He had some very productive meetings and we realized that Montreal and other

International Trade committee  It's the same situation for me. I didn't see such a study. I'm sure that they realize and that they include all important partners, but I can't tell you if we had such a deep study made or not.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and honourable members of the Standing Committee on International Trade. Thank you very much for allowing me the opportunity to give an opening statement from a Swiss perspective. From the Swiss side, we are very pleased about the signing of the