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Belgium ’ s central geographic location

and highly developed transport network have worked in its favour — recording a GDP of US $ 493.68bn in 2017 , the country is one of Europe ’ s strongest economies . Metallurgy and steel production have grown to become two of the country ’ s key industries with the Global Steel Trade Monitor citing Belgium as the world ’ s eighth-largest steel exporters . Large-scale companies such as Anheuser-Busch InBev , the world ’ s largest brewer , and telecom Proximus Group are also headquartered in the country . Click here for more info

Poland is the only EU nation that managed to avoid a recession , and today its economy is still strong . Last year , the nation reported a GDP of $ 524bn , with the pharmaceutical , agriculture , mining and banking sectors being some of the economy ’ s key industries . The country has a population of around 38mn and uses the Polish złoty as its currency . Click here for more info

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