b'5.1.3. Case Study: Switzerland The case of Switzerland is particularlyThe table below also highlights the telling compelling; see the table below. In 2013, thepoint that the GDP of these four countries or EU had agreements with just four countriesregions with which the EU has agreements or regions that Switzerland does not.is less than 1/30th that of the five countries Whereas Switzerland had agreements withwith which Switzerland has agreements. five countries including, and especially, ChinaWhy does the BBC, and the media at and Japan, with which the EU does not havelarge, continue to peddle the blatantly false agreements.assertion that a country needs to be in a large trading bloc in order to enter into trade agreements?Table 44 The EUs trade agreementsCountryGDPAlgeria$522 billionAndorra$3 billionCentral America$362 billionSan Marino$1 billionSource: Table 45 Switzerlands selected trade agreementsCountryGDPChina$16,173billionGulf Cooperation Council$2,886billionJapan$4,685billionSingapore$433 billionSources: IMF World Economic Outlook Database and CIA World Factbook, 201594'