Banking & Fintech Economiesuisse Previous Next Label of the textile company of the founder of the Swiss Union of Commerce and Industry Peter Jenny, owner of "Blumer & Jenny". Glarner Wirtschaftsarchiv The "Blumer & Jenny" textile factory in Schwanden, canton Glarus. Glarner Wirtschaftsarchiv Label for the Ottoman brand of the Tschudi company in Schwanden, undated, probably late 19th century. Glarner Wirtschaftsarchiv Voting poster for Swiss membership of the League of Nations, 1920. Emil Cardinaux, Bibliothèque nationale suisse Training centre for lorry drivers of the Basel Union Trading Company in Accra, 1932. The main Swiss missionary trading company was founded in 1859 as the Mission Trading Company and was involved in the wholesale trade of palm oil, cocoa and cotton. Archives de la Mission de Bâle Bata shoe branch of the Basel Union Trading Company in Sekondi (in present-day Ghana), 1938. Archives de la Mission de Bâle Celebrating the end of the war in Lausanne, 1945. Trade had begun to flourish again. Keystone / Walter Scheiwiller The signing in 1957 of the Treaty of Rome, which led to the creation of the European Economic Community. Rue Des Archives Signing the free-trade agreement between Switzerland and the EC in 1972. Keystone / Str Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 Picture 5 Picture 6 Picture 7 Picture 8 Picture 9 This content was published on July 26, 2021 - 12:37 Ester Unterfinger More from this author You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us! If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.
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