Mitterlehner: To Expand Further Good Trade Relations with Switzerland…

PeopleOther ♦ Published: December 2, 2010; 12:32 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Minister of Economy, after meeting with his Swiss counterpart, said: "Switzerland is the third most important export partner; new opportunities with eco-innovations should be profited from".

Mitterlehner: To Expand Further Good Trade Relations with Switzerland… / Picture: © Swiss and Austrian crossed flags by Vindobona

Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner met today in Vienna with the head of the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Federal Councilor Johann Schneider-Ammann, for a work meeting. "Our trade relationships work well. Switzerland has overtaken the U.S. during the economic crisis and is, after Germany and Italy, our third most important export market", said Mitterlehner at the subsequent…