Switzerland ∙ Buy American, Buy European, Buy Swiss?
Journal
European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review
ISSN
2194-7376
ISSN-Digital
2194-7384
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2025
Author(s)
Abstract
Protectionist measures and geopolitical power plays are not only impacting international trade relations between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US), but also ‘third countries’ like Switzerland. Over recent years, we have witnessed a shift of governments protecting their regional and national economies, which seems to be coming to a peak. With the US and EU being Switzerland’s two largest trade partners, the small nation is particularly affected by those policies. Recent landmark decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on third-country companies’ access to the EU market, the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), and the ‘America First Trade Policy’ are a few, but important examples. This report outlines Switzerland’s position with respect to domestic preference rules in public procurement, highlights the increasing use of public procurement as a geopolitical trade tool and explores the options that Switzerland has amid those recent developments.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Lexxion Verlag
Volume
20
Number
3
Start page
331
End page
335
Subject(s)
Division(s)
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epppl_2025_03-015.pdf
Type
Main Article
Size
312.91 KB
Format
Adobe PDF
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