20 Amendments of Dita CHARANZOVÁ related to 2017/2070(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 12 December 2018 ‘Towards a Digital Trade Strategy’(2017/2065)
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note of the growing mighteconomic importance of Asia and of the USA’s gradual withdrawal on the trade front, generating uncertainty for trade internationally; calls on the Commission to adapt its trade policy to be able to address developments at international level and to be more responsive;, while at the same time establishing a longer-term strategy given these changes in the international context
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that data and digital services are important to the economy, and stresses the importance of e- commerce and data flow in international trade; calls for digital trade chapters to be included in all future trade agreements, including those currently under negotiation; believes that digital rights of citizens should be advanced through trade agreements, with provisions on net neutrality, a ban on forced unjustified data localisation requirements, data security, security of data processing and data storage, encryption and intermediary liability protections in trade agreements;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for swift decisiveness on the ratification procedure, fully respecting the Opinion 2/15 of the CJEU of 16 May 2017, in order not to further delay or hold hostage any agreed but not yet ratified trade deals with trade partners, which may otherwise harm the EU’s credibility;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Takes note that, despite the US withdrawal from negotiations, the remaining 11 countries have managed to reach a deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement on 23 January 2018 in Tokyo;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points outWelcomes that the free trade agreements with Canada and Ecuador have entered into force provisionally and that those with Vietnam and Japan have been concluded since the Trade for All strategy was published; ;underlines the need for giving enough political and administrative support to ensure that trade deals can be agreed within appropriate timeframes; regrets that some trade agreements have been unable to reach a conclusion after many years of negotiations; Welcomes the decision to revise the effectiveness of older agreements, namely Mexico and Chile, and to initiate a process of modernisation to bring these agreements up to date; considers that this practice should be applied to all existing agreements in order to reflect and adapt to current contexts;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that the agreements concluded and the Union’s ongoing and forthcoming bilateral negotiations represent opportunities for growth through market access and the lifting of trade barriers; issues a reminders that priority must be given to the substance of the negotiations rather than their pace, that the aims of reciprocity and mutual benefit must be guiding threads, that EU rules and standards must be secured and cannot be watered down, and that public services including services of general interest, as well as audiovisual services, must be excluded;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Asks the Commission and Member States to updatereview their negotiating mandates every five years in order to reflect the changing context and challengeson whether these should be updated due to possible changes in the context, and to include review clauses in trade agreements to ensure that they are implemented as effectively as possible and that they are adaptable;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that, in the implementation of Union trade policy, special attention needs to be paid to sensitive sectors, for instance agricultural products, and to the interests of European producers and consumers; emphasises that trade agreements, and notably the agreement with Japan, can open up new business horizons for the agrifood sector; highlights the importance of striking the right balance between protecting sensitive agricultural products and advancing the Union’s offensive interests in relation to agrifood exports, with provision for, inter alia, transition periods and suitable quotas, and in certain cases for the exclusion of the most sensitive products; points out that it is essential to safeguard a robust system of health and plant-health rules while combating any form of discriminatory treatment in this area;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the multiple references to the principle of reciprocity in the report on implementationStrongly believes that one of the main goals of the Union’s trade strategy; reiterates that reciprocity must be a pillar of Union trade policy; emphasises the importance for the Union of having an international instrument on public procurement, and deplores the fact that the relevant proposalpolicy should be to promote fair competition and ensure a level playing field; takes note of the revised proposal of the Commission for an international instrument on public procurement that has been held up in the Council; takes the view that the Commission should have provided an impact assessment on the proposal onfor the monitoring of foreign investment, which could make for greater reciprocity in the area of access to markets;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers it regrettable that the Commission report on the implementation of the trade policy strategy makes scarcely any mention of the task of coordination which needs to be undertaken with customs services; makes the point that trade policy must work to combat unlawful trading in order to keep EU companies competitive and to underpinensure a high level of consumer safety;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to invest mortake stock of the human and financial resources in improving the way that trade policy is implemented, and asks that a specialcurrently available, with the view to improving the way that trade policy is implementation monitoring unit be set up within the Commissioned;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages the Commission to pursue and intensify its cooperation with international organisations and forums, including the G20, the United Nations, the OECD, the ILO, the World Customs Organisation and the World Bank, on the development of international standards, their implementation and the monitoring of trade;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the publication by the Commission of the first report on implementation of FTAs; asks the Commission to continue publishing the report annually and to cover the topic in greater depth, including interpretations of data, placing in context the figures published and providing additional qualitative information; further asks, in addition, that the Commission also conduct more in depth comprehensive studies into the implementation of the Union's free trade agreements, including econometric methods and interpretations of data, placing in context the figures published and providing additional qualitative information in order to have a better assessment of the real impact of agreements on the ground; in this regard, believes that a common methodology should be identified and used for these studies;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Asks for more legal and administrative support to be made available for SMEs considering to export to foreign markets, not just through updating websites but also considering new tools such as online technical chats that could provide basic and more easily accessible support; Asks that the Union’s delegations take part in contributing to the information about exporting to the respective overseas markets, with a view to help SMEs;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Points out that the Union’s public procurement markets are the most open in the world; is concerned at certain partners’ non-compliance with provisions on public- procurement market access, to the detriment of EU companies; asks the Commission to work to secure greater access to third countries’ public procurement markets and to consider, as part of a range of measures, the introduction of rules along the lines of a ‘Buy European Act’, directed at third countries which give domestic companiwithout resorting to retaliatory protectionist behaviour, measures that ensure compliance from third countries on these priority access to their public procurement marketovisions;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Welcomes the fact that gender equality has been taken into account in the Commission’s report on the implementation of its trade strategy; underscores the aim of ensuring that women benefit from trade to the same extent as menat all citizens should benefit from trade;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Welcomes the publication by the Council of the negotiating mandates for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and for the agreements with Japan and, Tunisia, and Chile, as well as the Commission’s publication of its draft negotiating mandates for agreements with Australia and New Zealand and for the creation of the MIC; calls on the Council and the Member States to publish all negotiating mandates, and on the Commission to publish all draft mandates for the opening of future negotiations; asks the Council and the Commission, when they are drafting and adopting negotiating mandates, to incorporate Parliament’s recommendations;