Media

Pros and Cons of EU’s FTA Negotiations with the United States
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, interviewed by Bartosz Węglarzyk in TVN Biznes i Świat, on 10 February 2014, on EU-US FTA negotiations and what it means for Polish business.

 

Carrot a Fruit, Snail a Fish? Absurd EU ideas
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, interviewed on TVN/CNBC, on 5 November 2013, on public and media perception of EU policy-making and myths and truth of some of the most infamous EU ideas (fish is a snail, carrot is a fruit, hairdressers can’t wear high heels).

Chinese Continue Planning Investments in Polish Solar Panel Industry Despite End to AD and AS Investigations
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Puls Biznesu, a Polish business daily, on 28 October 2013, on the end of the solar panel investigations.
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EU Finalizes Solar Panel Deal
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, a Polish business daily, on 23 October 2013, on the long term repercussions of the fiasco of EU’s solar panel AD and AS investigations.
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Increasing Trade Tensions Between EU and Russia
Andrzej Kublik, a leading Polish business journalist, quotes Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, in his analysis of increasing trade tensions between Russia and Eastern and Central European countries ahead of the Vilnus Eastern Partnership summit. The article was published in Gazeta Wyborcza on 30 September 2013.
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European Commission Strikes a Deal with China in the Solar Panels Dispute
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Polish Press Agency (PAP) 31 July 2013 release on the EU-China solar panel deal.
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Chinese Investment in EU and Polish Solar Sectors?
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Puls Biznesu, Polish business daily, on 23 July 2013, in an article discussing Chinese interest in investing in solar panel production in Poland.
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EU vs. Russia on Recycling Fees on Cars
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Gazeta Wyborcza, main Polish daily, on 10 July 2013, in an article on the European Commission’s challenge to Russia’s car recycling fee program.
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EU-US FTA Negotiations
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, published an article in the July/August issue of Businessman, leading Polish business monthly, on the why Polish business must up the ante in the TTIP negotiations.
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First Round of EU-US FTA Negotiations
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, interviewed by TVN/CNBC, on 10 July 2013, on the first round of EU-US Free Trade negotiations (TTIP), the parameters of the talks and their possible impact on Polish companies.

 

First Round of EU-US FTA Negotiations
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, interviewed by Polsat Biznes, on 8 July 2013, on the first round of EU-US Free Trade negotiations (TTIP). Among issues discussed: the spying scandal, the timeframe and European Commission’s conduct of the negotiations, EU’s interest in the negotiations, economic impact, US LNG exports, issues with potential to derail the negotiations, the impact of US and EU’s federal structure on the negotiations, and Polish interest in the negotiations.

EU-US Free Trade Agreement Negotiations Officially Take Off
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, interviewed by TVN/CNBC, on 18 June 2013, on the official launch of EU-US Free Trade negotiations (TTIP). Among issues discussed: the geopolitical context, harmonization of standards, impact on third countries, and the Polish perspective.

 

 

EU-US FTA Negotiations
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Puls Biznesu, main Polish business daily, on 13 June 2013, on how Polish business can prepare for the upcoming EU-US FTA negotiations.
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Chinese Solar Panels
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Puls Bizensu, leading Polish business daily, on 6 June 2013, on the implications of European Commission’s decision to impose provisional AD duties on imports of solar panels from China.
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Polish Chemical Sector in View of EU-US FTA and Russia’s WTO Accession
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, interviewed on TVN/CNBC on 4 April 2013, on the impact of the impending start of EU-US FTA negotiations and Russia’s WTO Accession on the Polish chemical sector.

EU-US FTA Negotiations/Russia in the WTO/International Government Procurement
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, interviewed on TVN/CNBC on 28 December 2012, on the impending start of EU-US FTA negotiations, consequences of Russia’s WTO Accession and the European Commission’s plans to close EU government procurement market to foreign companies whose markets remain closed to EU companies.

EU vs. Gazprom
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł, main Polish industry internet portal, on 13 September 2012, on what EU’s investigation into Gazprom, and Russian Decree granting immunity to Gazprom, actually mean (in Polish).

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EU AD investigation of ceramic tableware and kitchenware
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Puls Biznesu, main Polish business daily, on 11 September 2012, on EU anti-dumping investigation into ceramic tableware and kitchenware from China (in Polish).

 

 

 

 

Russia in the WTO and Polish steel
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Puls Biznesu, main Polish business daily, on 7 August 2012, on the impact of Russia’s WTO accession on the Polish steel industry (in Polish).

 

 

 

 

Solar Panels AD Investigation
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Puls Biznesu, main Polish business daily, on 1 August 2012, on the expected AD investigation into imports of solar panels from China (in Polish).

 

 

 

 

Russia in the WTO and Polish Furniture
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Puls Biznesu, main Polish business daily, on 1 August 2012, on the impact that Russia’s WTO accession will have for the Polish furniture industry (in Polish).

 

 

 

 

Acron’s Bid for Tarnów and Dumping
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Polityka, main Polish weekly magazine, on 25 July 2012, on impact of low gas prices on claims of dumping against Russia’s exports to the EU (in Polish).

 

 

 

 

Russia in the WTO and Polish Agriculture
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Puls Biznesu, main Polish business daily, on 19 July 2012, on the impact that Russia’s WTO accession will have for Polish agriculture (in Polish).

 

 

 

 

Russia in the WTO and the Polish chemical industry
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Puls Biznesu, main Polish business daily, on 12 July 2012, on the impact that Russia’s WTO accession will have for the Polish chemical and fertilizer industry (in Polish).

 

 

 

 

 

EU sues China over rare earth
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Gazeta Wyborcza, main Polish daily, on 14 March 2012, on EU’s lawsuit against China in the WTO over rare earth export restrictions (in Polish).

 

 

 

 

Orlen and Poland fighting against Ukrainian safeguard on fuels
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Bloomberg Businessweek, main Polish business weeklies, on 6 February 2012, on Poland’s and PKN Orlen’s battle against attempts to impose duties and quotas on fuel imports in Ukraine (in Polish).

 

 

 

 

EU wins WTO lawsuit against China’s raw materials export restrictions
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Gazeta Wyborcza, main Polish daily, on 1 February 2012, on EU’s victory against China in WTO litigation against China’s restrictions on raw material exports (in Polish).

 

 

 

 

Russia in the WTO
Tomasz Włostowski, Managing Partner, quoted in Gazeta Wyborcza, main Polish daily, on 19 December 2011, on Russia’s WTO accession (in Polish).




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