First Annual Global Employers’ Summit Bahrain 2015 Trade, Jobs and Growth 7 TH OCTOBER 2015 BLAISE MATTHEY, GENERAL MANAGER.

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First Annual Global Employers’ Summit Bahrain 2015 Trade, Jobs and Growth 7 TH OCTOBER 2015 BLAISE MATTHEY, GENERAL MANAGER

What does international trade mean for Switzerland? The Swiss economy is strongly geared towards exports 2

Key factors for success? Innovation : WEF ranking Successful public-private partnership Infrastructure : dense network of road, rail and air connections Education system : combination of learning and academic education Flexible labour market and immigration 3

Bilateral agreements GDP growth average: 1.26% per year between 2003 and 2013 Since 2001, increase of 41 billion Swiss francs in goods’ exports Since 2002, more than 600'000 jobs created in Switzerland 4