Opportunities exist for U.S. agricultural products in Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia but there are challenges in light of the region’s EU membership and the Euro zone situation. Poland has been described as an oasis of economic stability in a turbulent Euro zone while the Baltic States have begun a recovery from a fiscal crisis in 2008/09 that cut deeply into their economies. This region regards highly its American connection and proudly displays those linkages with an American flag or geographic identifier. However, among some consumers the American cuisine’s image is defined as fast food laced with genetically modified ingredients.
