Why is Switzerland important to the US?

Today, Switzerland and the United States are tightly connected through intensive cross-border investments. The U.S. is Switzerland's most important destination for foreign direct investment(more than Germany, France, Italy, and the U.K. combined), and Switzerland is the seventh-largest foreign investor in America.



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