Piotr RYDZKOWSKI

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• “And I came up with a number of recommendations. I think going forward it would be very interesting to try to provide within these, these categories that you've developed a bit more nuance, a bit more granularity about what specifically is being pursued through, which means which would then give, I think, a better response to the question of how these these agreements are being used or can be used and eventually what benefits they're they're bringing to our businesses or to the pursuit of of our interests. And let me just finalize by, um, by mentioning that now with all of these approaches being deployed, um, I mean, at the multilateral level through FTAs, through these alternative forms of engagement, there's there's a lot happening. Uh, some of it is very, very targeted. But the new frontier, I think, for us is to see how we can bring these various elements together in the in the sphere of these alternative forms of engagement. And that's where the idea of clean trade and investment partnerships come in, trying to see how we can put together initiatives, ideas that would be taken forward normally in a much more sectoral manner together to pursue our interests in a much more effective way bringing together financing, funding, bringing together the rules, objective and a regulatory objective as well. Thank you very much.”
  Free trade agreements (FTAs) · EU approach to sustainability criteria in private investments · EU policy on social & environmental impact of foreign investments
• “Thank you very much. Good morning everyone. Let me start off by thanking you for organizing this this discussion on a very important topic. And also to express, um, the, um, support for the excellent work that the National Board of Trade does on on analyzing these trade related topics. Now, the chair started the discussion this morning by by referring, obviously to trade related agreements to many deals. I'm going to complicate the picture further by referring to, um, um, alternative forms of engagement or flexible forms of engagement. This is the way that we've been referring to this, to this topic, and I'm mentioning that because it goes to show that these issues are not new. They've been there for for a long time. And it goes to show that, um, there is a certain, um, necessity to do things in various ways. So we need to keep an open mind in how we approach, um, trade policy questions, how we engage with with partners. We have an interest, I think, in developing various tools of of engagement to deepen these partnerships and to pursue the interests that we have with the most appropriate tool, depending on the particular situation. Now, in terms of the overall picture of flexible forms of engagement with third countries as as the Commission sees them, we look at these types of engagements in a very broad way, and I think you've usefully outlined a number of, of, of elements that that come in or a number of types of engagements that come in for us.”
  Trade relations with China · Free trade agreements (FTAs) · Asia-Pacific
• “We look also at MRAs in this picture. We also look at sustainable investment facilitation agreements within this picture. Um, and I think it's it's it's important to keep in mind that we're developing these approaches, not because they're some kind of replacement for for other tools, or that they're somehow better than, than than than other tools. They're developed because they have practical value. And they're they need to be part of a comprehensive set of, of measures that the EU takes. And the reason that they're they have such benefits or they can bring benefits, is because they allow the parties to focus on much more specific sets of issues, to pursue much more specific objectives that they couldn't otherwise reach or pursue in a much more horizontal type of of of engagement. Um, they have the possibility of adding elements to existing close relationships. That's particularly the case when we build on existing preferential agreements and we develop new elements on on top of that. And that was the case with the digital trade Agreements. The most recent of which of which we saw very recently. And I think it's also important to keep in mind that in some cases, FTAs in particular, are either unattainable or not desirable for various reasons. And these sort of flexible forms of engagement allow us to still pursue a close relationship with a partner on a specific issue in a way that is mutually beneficial for for the parties. Now, despite the differences in scope, as we look at at these types of engagements, I think it's it's very welcome that you've done this analytical work and that you've created this useful categorization of of trade related agreements.”
  Free trade agreements (FTAs) · Asia-Pacific · EU Single Market harmonisation