US-EU trade deal to allow Poles visa-free travel?
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Poland’s Deputy Economy Minister, Andrzej Dycha, said on Thursday that Poles may be one step closer to visa-free travel to the USA thanks to negotiations between the EU and the US over a trade deal.
“It’s almost decided,” Dycha said, adding that “thanks to the agreement Poles will not need visas to travel to the United States.”
The comment comes after nine months of negotiations between the EU and the US over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The agreement would in effect would lift visa restrictions for all EU citizens.
“Visa barriers also create trade barriers,” Dycha underlined.
Meanwhile, US Embassy spokesman in Warsaw, Sam Goffman wrote that “President Obama supports Poland’s aspirations to join the visa waiver program, and we are working closely with Congress.”
Poland is one of four EU countries which is not included in the program, the others being Cyprus as well as Bulgaria and Romania, which joined the EU in 2007.
