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"Mr President, vigorous protests have been voiced against offshoring on many occasions, both in this Chamber and elsewhere. They are heard most frequently at times when businesses based in the old EU decide to move part of their production to the new Member States. At the same time, however, the new Member States themselves are now starting to experience this problem. The French company Thomson is relocating from Poland to China, and Vistula, a home
grown Polish manufacturer of brand
name suits, is relocating to Ukraine. This is only the thin end of the wedge, as the number of cases of this kind will continue to rise. It is telling, however, that no one in Poland is demanding that rigid legal obstacles be put in place to stop this process, even though unemployment is currently very high, and neither is the phenomenon of offshoring being used as a bargaining chip in political disputes. In fact, quite the reverse is true, as everyone agrees that entirely different measures should be taken to prevent offshoring. First and foremost, these measures should involve reducing labour costs and increasing the competitiveness of goods that are produced. I believe that the Polish approach merits closer inspection, and I would recommend it to any country that is proposing to introduce draconian measures to the detriment of entrepreneurs who have taken the guiding principle of the common European market seriously. This applies particularly to France and Germany."@en1
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