Global Workforce Lounge Episode 4: An interview with Jane Owen, UK Ambassador to Switzerland, discussing the impact of Brexit on future bilateral relations between the UK and Switzerland

Listen to our fourth episode of the Global Workforce Lounge series where our guest, Jane Owen (British Ambassador to Switzerland), reflects on the current state of UK/ Swiss negotiations as we approach the end of the Brexit transition period, and the prospective future landscape for business and mobile employee as of 1 January 2021.

Episode 03: Brexit and the future of UK-Switzerland relations.

In this episode we are joined by Jane Owen, British Ambassador to Switzerland, to discuss the likely impact of Brexit on the future trading relationship between Switzerland and the UK, as well as the continued movement of people between the countries. We look at the following topics during the interview:

• What do UK and Swiss citizens currently residing in the other country need to do to ensure they have the right to remain and work from 1 January 2021 onwards.
• How will the immigration process for new moves between the UK and Switzerland change.
• An overview of how people are moving between the two countries at present, and the outlook for future moves under a new bilateral relationship.
• The importance of bilateral Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the Swiss and UK economies, and expectations for future FDI once a new trading relationship is reached.
• What businesses should expect from a new trading relationship between the UK and Switzerland.