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Poland remained the world’s second-largest exporter of large household appliances in 2024, with a 9% global market share, according to a new report.

Norwegian ships transporting fish from Russia to European docks are driving increased trade at the major logistics hub of Murmansk, reports The Barents Observer.

Poland’s foreign minister has pushed back against Donald Trump’s claim that the U.S. trade deficit with the EU is an “atrocity,” pointing to the country’s “huge” surplus in the trade of services.

Switzerland and the European Union have signed a new agreement to carry out the biggest overhaul of their trade ties in years.

A social media influencer and part-time model has been linked to the illegal export of high-tech U.K. equipment to Russian military-connected companies.

China and Slovakia said on Friday they would boost trade and investment ties and spoke of the need for peace in Ukraine during a visit to Beijing by Prime Minister Robert Fico to launch a new strategic partnership.

The foreign minister of Malaysia has expressed his country’s support for Poland’s application to become a High Contracting Party to a southeast Asian regional cooperation treaty.

The U.S. sanctioned 42 Chinese companies for supporting the Russian military.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is scheduled to visit China for the first time since taking office, from July 26-31, to enhance trade relations with Beijing.

The Polish president is due to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping later in the day.

Polish President Andrzej Duda has announced before his official visit to China that Poland wants to achieve a greater opening of the Chinese market, primarily for Polish agricultural products.

Beijing has launched an official inquiry into the alleged undercutting of pork prices by EU exporters on the Chinese market, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported on Monday.

TVP World’s guest was Stankomir Nicieja, Associate Professor at the University of Opole.

EU authorities conducted raids on Nuctech’s offices in the Netherlands and Poland, a company known for manufacturing security scanners. Europe’s longstanding concern over China’s extensive state subsidies, which enable Chinese companies to undercut their European counterparts, is the root of this action.

Nearly two-thirds of German firms feel they encounter unfair competition from local firms in China and are outgunned in terms of access to local officials, information, and licenses, a survey by the German Chamber of Commerce in China has declared.

The aim of the excessive deficit procedure is for EU member states to rectify their high deficits and/or levels of debt.

Our message is clear: you cannot do business on blood and pain, says Mykola Petryga the main organizer of the event.

The Polish Investment and Trade Agency aims to improve Poland’s image mainly in the area of social media or on industry platforms.

The agreement will now be sent back to the European Parliament, which will vote on changes at the April plenary session.

In the first two months of 2024, the European Union (EU) has recorded a surge in the value of imports to the bloc from the Chinese region of Xinjiang, targeted by Brussels for its use of forced labor on the Uyghur minority, with Poland being the continent’s biggest importer from this region of China.