Americans still want to invest in Poland
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The draft amendment to the Broadcasting Act, which may deprive TVN of the license if Discovery does not sell the majority of its shares, has not changed the attitude of American investors towards Poland. Though Georgette Mosbacher, the former US ambassador to Poland, says that "if Americans see that this is what investing in Poland looks like, they will go elsewhere", there is no cause for concern.
"We handle about 30 projects of American companies worth over €1 billion. We had no signals from investors that they were afraid of changes in the regulations in Poland," Krzysztof Drynda, president of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH), said.
"We will soon announce a major project of the American company," Grzegorz Słomczyński, member of the agency's board, added.
Tony Housh, the head of AmCham, the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland, which has just signed a cooperation agreement with PAIH, is also calm about the subject.
"There are discussions, but the process is ongoing. AmCham has transferred the support of the American investor to the Polish government. This process does not diminish the interest of American companies, which now see the whole of Europe as a very attractive place. We are at the stage of watching the situation develop," Tony Housh stated.
In Poland, there are almost 1,500 American companies that have invested over $26 billion and employ nearly 300,000 people.
