{"id":897,"date":"2016-09-16T07:49:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T05:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/site\/en\/chi-siamo\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T12:34:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T11:34:32","slug":"who-are-we","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/who-are-we\/","title":{"rendered":"LCTA Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='clear'><\/div><div id='sub_menu1'  class='av-submenu-container av-wcyz2-caec6028931efff1dedf5f098fa26663 main_color  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  solo-dt shadow av-sticky-submenu container_wrap fullsize' style='z-index:301' ><div class='container av-menu-mobile-disabled av-submenu-pos-left'><ul id=\"menu-pgen-lcta\" class=\"av-subnav-menu\" role=\"menu\"><li role=\"menuitem\" id=\"menu-item-6881\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcta.ch\/en\/who-are-we\/\" itemprop=\"url\" 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Additionally, we leverage Switzerland\u2019s core strengths: these consist of an unparalleled level of political and economic stability, a robust infrastructure, a sophisticated financing system, favorable fiscal policies, a long tradition in commodity trading, a diversified multilingual environment, an unrivaled quality of life, and access to a pool of top talents.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-7dtqjr-463ce9e99b04aa31439f4dee5bb8aa46\">\n.flex_column.av-7dtqjr-463ce9e99b04aa31439f4dee5bb8aa46{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-7dtqjr-463ce9e99b04aa31439f4dee5bb8aa46 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-m4k2kdpd-1721ca26197ddecaf69d027a6266d5c2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><em>LCTA is a nonprofit organization established in Lugano in 2010. 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