Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The first four years of cooperation under the U.S.-Swiss Joint Economic Commission (JEC) invigorated bilateral ties by recording achievements in a number of areas, including consultations on anti-money laundering efforts, counter-terrorism, and pharmaceutical regulatory cooperation; an e-government conference; and the re-establishment of the Fulbright student/cultural exchange program.
Although the United States executed its first treaty with Liechtenstein in 1926, at the time, and until 1997, Liechtenstein was represented diplomatically by Switzerland. [ 4 ] Before 1997 it was understood that the rights of a U.S.–Swiss agreement also extended to citizens of Liechtenstein because it had yielded control of its foreign ...
United States: 1853: See Switzerland–United States relations. The first official U.S.–Swiss consular relations were established in the late 1820s. Diplomatic relations were established in 1853 by the U.S. and in 1868 by Switzerland. The U.S. ambassador to Switzerland is also accredited to the Principality of Liechtenstein.
The English name Switzerland is a portmanteau of Switzer, an obsolete term for a Swiss person which was in use during the 16th to 19th centuries, and land. [28] The English adjective Swiss is a loanword from French Suisse, also in use since the 16th century.
See Switzerland–United States relations Turkey: 1831 [102] See Turkey–United States relations. United States has an embassy in Ankara, a Consulate General in Istanbul and a Consulate in Adana. Turkey has an embassy in Washington, D.C., and Consulate Generals in Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami and New York City.
The Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States of America (French: Ambassadeur de Suisse auprès des États-Unis d'Amérique, German: Botschafter der Schweiz in die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, Italian: Ambasciatore della Svizzera agli Stati Uniti d'America, Romansh: Ambasciatore da Svizra a las Stadis Unids da l’America) is the representative of the government of Switzerland in ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
On trade, Switzerland has a surplus with the U.S: In 2022, Switzerland imported goods worth 37.5 billion (just over 40 billion in US Dollars as per the average 2022 exchange rate) Swiss Francs from the US and exported goods worth CHF 62.4 billion Swiss Francs (worth around 65 billion US dollars as per the average 2022 exchange rate), making the ...