From Swiss Army Knife to "Chinese Army Knife"?
The World Trade Organization (WTO) [website] shall facilitate international trade. In this regard, the principle of non-discrimination plays an important role, consequence of which is, inter alia, the concept of national treatment. The concept of national treatment requires equal treatment of imported foreign and domestic products. And this concept might, according to NPR's Marketplace [link to contribution], lead to the production of the future Swiss Army knife in China (!) ... unless Switzerland cuts the Gordian knot and finds a loophole.
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Funny story... Here a
link to an article in the good old NZZ (in German):
Interesting facts from that article:
More than ten other armies also use the "Swiss Army Knife"... Here a quiz for everyone: Which countries are these???
Key question is whether the subject of this heated debate is a "tool" or a "weapon" since weapons are subject to an exception.
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