The United States and Switzerland sign new Social Security Agreement.

Bern, Switzerland

Ambassador Beyer discusses the agreement with Director Brechbühl.

On December 3, Ambassador Beyer and Jürg Brechbühl, Director of the Federal Office of Social Security, signed a supplementary Social Security Agreement that includes updated provisions on privacy and data protection and affords greater privacy protections for citizens and residents of the United States and Switzerland.  This renegotiated agreement replaces the 1980 U.S.-Switzerland social security agreement and accounts for recent changes to U.S. and Swiss laws.