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Article: Poland looks west as its economic possibilities expand.
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- AgExporter
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- July 1, 2003
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This article is the first in a series that AgExporter is planning to run on the 10 countries in Central and Eastern Europe that are preparing for full EU membership, and the implications of those accessions for U.S. agricultural exports These articles will appear in various issues between this one and May 2004, when the accessions are scheduled to be completed.
Poland is located in the very center of Europe, bordering Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south and Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east.
At 38 million, Poland's population equals over 50 percent of the combined population of all 10 countries likely joining the EU ...