Among the Visegrad Group countries, Poland and Czechia had the largest number of enterprises manufacturing motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers.

Piotr Arak: The process of increasing international trade in Africa and decreasing barriers that can foster growth resembles the goals and policies introduced successfully in Europe. This year Africa will take a big step towards tackling entrenched economic problems including a dearth of intra-regional trade as the new continental free trade agreement comes into force.

Piotr Arak: The Juncker Commission was struck by the Luxleaks scandal and Panama Papers but it did not deliver any sound solutions to money-laundering.

Between 2003 and 2017, Polish GDP per capita rose by 81% and the value of exports exceeded EUR 200 billion per year, according to a report by the Polish Economic Institute entitled 15 years of Poland in the European Union.

The threat of recession, the migration crisis and Brexit are just some of the challenges that have recently exposed the EU’s internal problems.

In 2016, trade between member states amounted to over 3 tn euros. Although the EU treaties do not mention protectionism outright, reducing it – or even eliminating it – is one of the fundamental aims of the EU internal market.

The Polish Economic Institute presented a report describing best practices in sealing the VAT system as part of the Strategy for Responsible Development. The publication will help promote the solutions implemented in Poland in countries struggling to collect VAT.

A series of recently-published analyses indicate that Poland is moving forward in global rankings, showing the effects of changes in the Polish model capitalism based on the Strategy for Responsible Development prepared by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s government and described in the Polish Economic Institute’s report “Capitalism – the Polish way”.