1、Global Business Climate Survey 2026Inside perspectives from Swedish companies on doing business abroadResilience in a volatile worldPreamble.3Foreword.4Executive summary.6Introduction.8Business performance and outlook.9Success factors.19Local conditions.23Trade barriers.25 Sustainability.27Supplemen

2、tary Markets.30 Technical Note.31Graphic design:Business SwedenPhotos:Getty ImagesGlobal Business Climate Survey 2026 3Benjamin DousaMinister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Sweden PreambleIn my preamble to last years Global Business Climate Survey,I spoke about the sh

3、ifting tectonic blocs of geopolitics.If anything,tensions have since then increased,disrupting the flow of goods and services as well as putting pressure on global value chains and market strategies.Given these challenges,Swedens commitment to free trade is more important than ever.As the Swedish ec

4、onomy and our prosperity hinges on a free flow of exports,imports and investments,turning inwards is not the answer.We must remain an open economy,while diversifying our trade.The fundamentals of the global economy are still valid.World trade is surprisingly resilient and Swedish companies stay caut

5、iously optimistic about the future.The World Trade Organization is still a pillar in a rules-based world order,and the EU is negotiating and agreeing new Free Trade Agreements at a faster pace than ever.These agreements have brought us innumerable benefits.Therefore,Sweden keeps pushing for the fina

6、lisation of additional agreements with strategic partners in Asia,Latin America and the Middle East.Furthermore,Sweden prioritises the revitalisation of our home market the EUs Single Market which is of utmost importance to our companies and to the competitiveness and standing of the EU in the world