MIXED BAG FOR THE DOW STOCKS
THIS MORNING.
OUR NEXT GUEST SAYS HE RECENTLY
SPOKE WITH TESLA'S ELON MUSK
ABOUT DOING BUSINESS IN HIS
COUNTRY.
JOINING US NOW IS THE PRIME
MINISTER OF POLAND.
MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI.
I HOPE I GOT THAT RIGHT.
WILL YOU GIVE ME THAT?
WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU.
STUART: HONOR TO HAVE YOU WITH
US.
THAT'S A FACT.
>> THANK YOU.
STUART: YOU SPOKE WITH ELON
MUSK, YOU WAN HIM TO INVEST IN
POLAND, BUILD A FACTORY THIS,
WHAT TAX BREAKS ARE YOU OFFERING
WITH HIM?
HE HAS DONE WELL WITH TAX BREAKS
IN AMERICA?
>> WE HAVE GOOD ENVIRONMENT FOR
BUSINESS IN POLAND.
WE RECENTLY UPGRADED TO
DEVELOPED ECONOMY AND AT THE
SAME TIME MANY FEATURES OF OUR
ECONOMY ARE STILL LIKE IN
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES LIKE VERY
VIBRANT SHUMPER TYPE LABOR
FORCE.
STUART: YOU'RE OFFERING HIM AN
ECONOMY PRIMED FOR THAT KIND
OF --
>> YES.
STUART: ARE YOU OFFERING MORE ON
TOP OF THAT, TAX BREAKS?
ARE YOU GIVING HIM A TAX
HOLIDAY, FOR EXAMPLE?
>> FIRST OF ALL WITHIN THE
EUROPEAN UNION WE HAVE QUITE A
HARMONIZED POLICY WHAT WE CAN
OFFER TO INVESTORS, BUT ON TOP
OF THIS WE CAN OFFER A LITTLE
BIT MORE.
WHY WE'RE SO SUCCESSFUL
ELIMINATING UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE
POLAND OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
STUART: WHAT EXTRA, OVER AND
ABOVE WHAT THE EU WILL ALLOW?
WHAT EXTRA ARE YOU OFFERING TO
HIM?
>> OFFERING MONEY TO RETRAIN
PEOPLE, TO EMPLOY PEOPLE, SOME
TAX RELIEF IN TERMS OF PROPERTY
TAX AND ALSO WE'RE OFFERING VERY
GOOD ENVIRONMENT.
WE HAVE INVESTED A LOT IN
ELECTRIC MOBILITY, ELECTRIC
CARS, CLEAN BUSES, CLEAN TRAINS,
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THIS IS ALL WHAT SUCH AN
INDUSTRY NEEDS.
THIS IS WHY LOTS OF INVESTORS
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD LIKE --
ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN
ELECTRIC MOBILITY.
STUART: WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT IS LARGELY MANUFACTURING
COMPANIES GOING TO POLAND.
>> SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE BECOMING A SILICON VALLEY
OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.
STUART: ARE YOU?
>> RECENT WORLD CUP IN GROUP
PROGRAMING IN TOP SIX THERE WERE
TWO POLISH UNIVERSITIES.
STUART: REALLY?
>> YEAH.
AHEAD OF MANY AMERICAN
UNIVERSITIES.
STUART: WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THE
HUNGARIANS NEXT DOOR WERE THE
GREATEST SOFTWARE PROGRAMMERS IN
EUROPE.
>> THEY ENVY US.
STUART: THEY ENVY YOU?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
STUART: A TOP HUNGARIAN
DIPLOMAT, THAT HE, HUNGARY, VERY
CONFIDENT, VERY HAPPEN WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS DEMAND
EUROPE SPEND A LOT MORE ON
DEFENSE.
HE SAID THAT.
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THAT
STATEMENT?
DO YOU WANT --
>> WE ARE MORE THAN COMFORTABLE
BECAUSE WE ARE ONE OF THE VERY
FEW COUNTRIES OF NATO WHICH
ALREADY SPENT 2%, PERCENTAGE
POINTS OF GDP ON MILITARY
EQUIPMENT.
STUART: GERMANS WON'T.
THE GERMANS WILL NOT SPENT
MONEY.
>> GERMANS SPENT 1 TO .23.
BY THE WAY THEY WANT TO BUY
RUSSIAN GAS AND PAYING FOR
RUSSIAN GAS IS LIKE PAYING FOR
MR. PUTIN'S WEAPONS.
STUART: YOU'RE VERY MUCH AT ODDS
WITH THE GERMANS.
>> WE ARE VERY MUCH AT ODDS WITH
REGARD TO IN TERMS OF TRADE, OUR
TRADE WITH GERMANY IS VERY, WE
HAVE LOTS OF JOINT VENTURES.
STUART: YOU WANT TO BUY OUR
NATURAL GAS, DON'T YOU?
>> WE HAVE STARTED, WE HAVE
STARTED TO HAVE SOME LONG TERM
AGREEMENTS, 20 YEARS PLUS,
AGREEMENTS WITH AMERICAN
COMPANIES ON LNG GAS.
WE HAVE BUILT VERY BIG TERMINAL
IN -- DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE
THIS.
STUART: WAIT A SECOND.
>> WE ARE IMPORTING AMERICAN GAS
THROUGH THIS TERMINAL.
STUART: THE RUSSIANS ARE NOT
GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH THAT.
>> THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE
HAPPY.
STUART: ARE THE GERMANS HAPPY
WITH THAT?
>> GERMANS SHOULD BE HAPPY WITH
THIS BUT, THEY ARE BUILDING THIS
NORTH SEA, 55 BILLION CUBIC
METERS OF CAPACITY OF IMPORTING
GAS FROM RUSSIA.
WE DON'T LIKE IT.
WE, WE ARE EMPHASIZING THAT
BUYING GAS FROM MR. PUTIN IS
PAYING FOR HIS WEAPONS.
SO THEY SHOULD CONTRIBUTE MORE
TO NATO AS A WHOLE AND THEY
SHOULD NOT BE BUYING SO MUCH GAS
FROM RUSSIA.
STUART: LAST ONE, SOME PEOPLE
HAVE SAID THAT YOU ARE THE TRUMP
OF EASTERN EUROPE OR ONE OF THE
TRUMPS OF EASTERN EUROPE.
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THAT?
>> I DON'T THINK I -- THERE IS
SUCH A NOTION IS APPROPRIATE BUT
ON THE OTHER HAND I VALUE A LOT
THAT SOMEBODY IS ACTUALLY DOING
WHAT HE BELIEVES IN, LIKE
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THIS IS NOT
ONLY IN THE CONTEXT OF NATO AND
COMPENSATETURES ON MILITARY
WHICH WE SPOKE ABOUT, BUT ALSO
FOR INSTANCE THE TRADE DEFICITS,
TRADE SURPLUSES WITH CHINA.
THE JOBS AROUND US.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A VERY
GOOD --
STUART: MR. PRIME MINISTER, REAL