ZURICH, July 30 — The head of the Swiss agency that implements economic sanctions expects the neutral country to adopt any punitive measures the European Union launches against...
ZURICH, July 30 — The head of the Swiss agency that implements economic sanctions expects the neutral country to adopt any punitive measures the European Union launches against China if it invades Taiwan, she said in a newspaper interview.
Asked by the Neue Zuercher Zeitung paper if Switzerland would adopt EU sanctions against China in that case, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Director Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch said: “I strongly believe that we would adopt such sanctions. Ineichen-Fleisch defended Switzerland’s record on adopting EU sanctions against Russian individuals and companies over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, which Moscow describes as a “special military operation”.