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and Switzerland".

Conference

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References

External links

* Switzerland–United States relations * Post about ASF Alumni Event a
U.S. Embassy Bern
* Article about AS
Chairman Robert Giuffra
in '' Neue Zurcher Zeitung'' * Op-ed by ASF Presiden
Patricia Schramm
abou
U.S.-Swiss Trade
in the

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* Article about AS
event
with John Hennessy in '' Neue Zurcher Zeitung''{{Cite news, url=https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/ein-appell-an-die-naechste-generation-des-silicon-valley-ld.1513306, title=Alphabet-Präsident Hennessy ermahnt nächste Generation, last=Marie-Astrid Langer, Palo Alto, work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung, access-date=2019-10-07, language=de