- The US Trade Representative is a position at the level of a member of the government. He is the chief advisor to the US president on trade policy and the chief negotiator of the US government for, inter alia, trade relations, customs, environmental and intellectual property
- – It is difficult not to interpret these meetings as open support of the Americans for the deputy prime minister’s proposal regarding, for example, lex TVN – a former Polish diplomat with many years of experience tells us.
- – It is not a coincidence that at the request of the Americans, such high-ranking officials meet only one representative of the Polish government, and this is the representative of the government who is trying to defend the American investor – he adds
Formerly Jarosław Gowin he met twice with the secretary of trade, Gina Raimondo. According to our informants, the proposal to meet with Katherine Tai left the Washington side.
“[Tai] expressed interest in strengthening bilateral cooperation on issues of common priorities, such as tackling the challenges posed by anti-competitive countries and economies, improving market access and the regulatory environment for US companies in Poland, and stressed the importance of the Three Seas Initiative, “reads the US Trade Representative’s Office release. .
Both sides also agreed on the importance of strong transatlantic relations and bilateral trade and investment. The Polish ambassador to the USA also participated in the conversation.
Gowin’s conversation with representatives of the US government. What topics were covered?
The communiqué did not directly mention the subject of the anti-TVN bill. However, Gowin himself said that the topic was raised. He also stated that the subject of the discussion was also the agreement between the US and Germany on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
According to the deputy prime minister, the change in the position of the Washington administration on Nord Stream 2 is a serious mistake affecting the future not only of Poland or Ukraine, but the entire region of Central and Eastern Europe.
– However, this cannot be part of the tender. In the case of the media law, it is also about the principle of media pluralism and economic freedom, he emphasized.
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