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blind2web · 07-21-2006, 11:14 AM

Hi Littlefella,

Glad to see we are getting along at last. My point about the new member states such as Czech, Poland, Hungary is that they are part of a free trade area, whereas China and India are not. Britain cannot stop the free movement of goods and services from these countries into Britain, but goods from India and China can be blocked from entering the EU as they can be blocked from entering the US. The EU just recently had to restrict certain goods from China as the market was completely flooded as it was affecting jobs and business in the EU.

I would say the Czech Republic is the most advanced of the new member states technologically, economically and with regards education. Skoda is just one of many companies with massive investment, Siemens has over 15,000 employees, SAP, IBM, and many other IT and production companies have moved jobs into Czech, but believe me they will move on to another country as soon as the costs are beneficial to do so.

Poland has a lot of problems but many large companies have outsourced or offshored work there; many of these German companies. I think the advantage Poland, Czech, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania have over China is the proximity to Europe and particulary Germany, plus German language skills which are not widely available in China and India.

Thanks and take care,

B2W

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blind2web Member Join Date: 06-28-06 Posts: 74 iTrader: 0 / 0% Latest Blog: None	Hi Littlefella, Glad to see we are getting along at last. My point about the new member states such as Czech, Poland, Hungary is that they are part of a free trade area, whereas China and India are not. Britain cannot stop the free movement of goods and services from these countries into Britain, but goods from India and China can be blocked from entering the EU as they can be blocked from entering the US. The EU just recently had to restrict certain goods from China as the market was completely flooded as it was affecting jobs and business in the EU. I would say the Czech Republic is the most advanced of the new member states technologically, economically and with regards education. Skoda is just one of many companies with massive investment, Siemens has over 15,000 employees, SAP, IBM, and many other IT and production companies have moved jobs into Czech, but believe me they will move on to another country as soon as the costs are beneficial to do so. Poland has a lot of problems but many large companies have outsourced or offshored work there; many of these German companies. I think the advantage Poland, Czech, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania have over China is the proximity to Europe and particulary Germany, plus German language skills which are not widely available in China and India. Thanks and take care, B2W