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Economic Committee Between Switzerland And South Africa Launched,
by Ulrika Lomas, for LawAndTax-News.com, Brussels
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Doris Leuthard, Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs (FDEA), announced on Tuesday that she will receive South African Trade and Industry Minister, Mandisi Mpahlwa, in Bern on Thursday.
Together, the two ministers will officially launch the Swiss-South African
Joint Economic Committee.
The South African Trade and Industry Minister will pay an official
visit to Switzerland spanning the 14th and 15th May.
The Committee was proposed during Leuthard's trip
to South Africa, and was expressly mentioned in the Memorandum of Understanding
on Strengthening Mutual Cooperation between the Government of the Swiss Confederation
and the Government of the Republic of South Africa, signed by Federal Councillor
Micheline Calmy-Rey and South African Foreign Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini
Zuma on 8th March 2008.
The talks during committee sessions should permit a detailed analysis of the
difficulties in the bilateral economic relations between South Africa and Switzerland, and allow for discussion
of joint approaches to solving these problems.
The delegations will include representatives from both the administration and
the private sector.
In addition to this first session of the Joint Economic Committee, the two
ministers are scheduled to hold a working meeting.
The agenda for this meeting will include the continuation of the positive dialogue
initiated at the South African Mission, and a further examination of important
economic dossiers.
Issues relating to the WTO Doha Round, to the EFTA -SACU free trade agreement,
and to intellectual property rights will also be discussed.
South Africa is by far the largest export market on the African continent for
Switzerland.
With a bilateral trade volume of around CHF1.85bn (2007), South
Africa holds a mid-table position among its trade partners.
In 2007, South African
exports amounted to CHF1bn, while Swiss exports amounted to CHF805bn.
With the EFTA -SACU free trade agreement coming into effect on 1st May 2008,
further positive impulses were generated.
As of the end of 2006, Swiss direct investment was valued at nearly CHF5bn.
According to statistics from the South African Reserve Bank, during this same
time, Switzerland ranked fifth on the list of the most important foreign investors
in South Africa.
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