In the article “Huge Opportunities to Gain from China. Poland Is Not Taking Advantage of Its Obvious Strengths” by Nikodem Chinowski, published by WNP.pl, experts discuss Poland’s economic relations with China, the competitiveness of the Polish economy, and the challenges related to the growing trade deficit.
Among the experts quoted was Jan Hagemejer, who emphasized that relative competitiveness is the key factor shaping trade relations with China. According to Hagemejer, Poland is gradually losing competitiveness due to persistently rising wages, very low investment levels, and weak innovation performance.
The President of CASE also highlighted the importance of strengthening both national and EU support programmes for investment in innovation and in supply chains that are less dependent on Chinese suppliers. In his view, such measures could, in the long term, reduce the economy’s vulnerability to shocks originating from a single direction of supply.
