5 Amendments of Keith TAYLOR related to 2010/2277(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. AdvocatesCalls for a higher degree of coherence between the Union’s internal and external policies and its overall objectives, contributing to sustainable growth and employment in line with the EU 2020 strategy; retains that internal policy goals need to be the base of the external trade policy goals and rejects any attempt to instrumentalize external trade relations in order to foster the completion of internal market liberalization; urges that such coherence be pursued in the context of multilateral organisations and bilateral trade agreements through ex ante sustainable impact assessments (SIAs) and periodic ex post evaluations, the inclusion in agreements of clauses on human rights, social and environmental responsibility and corporate social responsibility (CSR) and their enforcement, with sanctions in the event of infringement;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes with concern that the EU's new external trade strategy "Trade, Growth and World Affairs" continues to advocate indiscriminate liberalization across the entire spectrum of goods and services and thus fails to adjust to the more selective approach of the EU 2020 strategy to deliver on the goal of job creation and sustainable development;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the fact that compliance with high European standards is crucial to achieving social progress, consumer protection and sustainable economic growth and that, in order to allow EU companies to compete internationally on a level playing field, EU trading partners should abide by the rules and enforce them, as non-compliance is a form of dumping which severely hindersimpedes the functioning of the single market;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Underscores the need to fight piracy and counterfeiting with all available means and to facilitate technical and financial support for EU companies, including SMEs, in doing so, as the international protection of IPRs and copyrighttrademarks and Geographical Indications (GIs) is vital not only in terms of promoting innovation but also for the survival of many EU sectors of activity and for encouraging initiatives to make EU companies innovative, competitive and capable of entering foreign markets successfully; calls for innovative approaches to secure copyrights in the digital age which fully respect fundamental rights, privacy and the neutrality of the internet;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
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4. Considers it important to ensure market access, symmetry and transparency in public procurement procedures, in full respect of special and differential treatment of developing countries and the multi- functionality of procurement policies, as well as security and predictability in relation to investments; deplores the fact that, by increasing competitive pressure among countries to attract foreign investors, as well as competition between corporations, globalisation has resulted, in some cases, in serious abuses of human rights and labour rights and in damage to the environment; points out that companies have duties, and calls for a binding CSR clause to be included in trade agreements.