Ministerial meeting of the Future of Investment and Trade Partnership: A joint commitment to rules-based global trade

During the meeting, several ministers adopted two non-legally binding declarations: one on economic security and supply chain resilience, and the other on digital trade. At the ministerial meeting, Peru, South Korea and Thailand were welcomed as new members. The FIT Partnership now comprises 19 countries.

The ministerial declaration on economic security aims to strengthen the resilience and security of supply chains for critical goods and sectors, while preserving the open-market principles set out in the WTO’s multilateral trade rules. The declaration therefore goes beyond crisis situations and major supply-chain disruptions, which were the subject of a previous FIT Partnership ministerial declaration adopted in November 2025. Switzerland played a leading role in drafting the declaration.

The FIT Partnership brings together small and medium-sized economies that are closely integrated into global value chains and that face similar challenges in the context of growing protectionism and tensions in world trade. The participating states aim to make their concerns heard, strengthen the rules-based trading system and collaborate on initiatives to address challenges in global trade. Switzerland launched the FIT Partnership together with New Zealand, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, and continues to play an active role in its development.

On the sidelines of the FITP ministerial meeting, State Secretary Budliger Artieda also met with New Zealand’s Minister for Trade, Todd McClay, to discuss bilateral trade relations between the two countries.

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