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China-Swiss trade talks stall over rights issues - newspapers

FILE PHOTO: Workers adjust a Swiss (L) and Chinese flag at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, January 15, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Schiefelbein/Pool

Efforts by Switzerland to refresh its free trade agreement with China have stalled as Bern takes a more critical view of Beijing's human rights record, Swiss newspapers reported on Sunday.

Switzerland and China signed a free trade agreement in 2013, Beijing's first such deal with an economy in continental Europe. The move was styled as a mutually beneficial pact aimed at contributing to increased trade between the two economies.

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