Swiss business gets Christmas bonus from EU trade deal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The EU accord will harmonise standards, allow access to research programmes and facilitate movement of people - with some protections to allay Swiss fears over mass migration.
47% : If Switzerland's mutual recognition agreement (MRA) with the EU for the sector is ultimately not updated, pharmaceutical products face higher costs, the firm said.Rudolf Minsch, chief economist of business lobby economiesuisse, said the commitment to stability was a welcome tonic in a world riven by wars and trade tensions.
40% : Switzerland has also sealed free trade deals with over 30 countries including India and China.
35% : "Market access is crucial: European trade is a cornerstone of the Swiss economy," said Samad Sarferaz at the KOF Economic Institute at ETH, a university in Zurich.

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