10 Amendments of Fernando RUAS related to 2017/2070(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Common Commercial Policy comprises a body of trade agreements and legislative measures to safeguard the Union’s offensive and defensive trade interests, contribute to sustainable growth and job creation, ensure that EU rules and standards are observed, safeguard states’ right to regulate and citizens’ well-being, and promote EU values; and whereas adherence to these aims requires that Union trade policy be implemented fully and effectively in a fairer, more effective and more transparent manner;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Union is the world’s leading commercial power and its exportthe biggest single market in the world, and it is also the largest world's leader exporter of goods and services sustaining 31 million jobs in Europe, 67% more than in the mid- 1990s;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only worldwide international organization dealing with the global rules of trade between different economic areas or nations;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas SMEs help to drive the European economy, accounting for 30% of the Union’s exports, and it is essential that they be fully involved in the implementation of EU trade policy, thus reinforcing its role for exportation, innovation and internationalisation;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Union’s trade policy must be consistent with its other external and internal policies to ensure regulatory predictability, transparency, stability and fairer conditions for competition, also keeping in mind the objectives of Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Deplores the failure to reach agreement at the WTO ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires; reiterates its support for the multilateral system and calls on the Union actively to advance proposals for updated, multilateral rules, as well as to promote the central role of WTO within the global system of trade; welcomes the entry into force of the Trade Facilitation Agreement; considers it regrettable that certain multilateral agreements are not being observed and calls on the Commission to work harder, within the WTO, on the effective implementation of multilateral rules and agreements;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to invest more human and financial resources in improving the way that trade policy is implemented, and asks that a special trade policy implementation monitoring and continuous evaluation unit be set up within the Commission;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Notes that the protection of geographical indications is one of the Union’s offensive points in trade agreement negotiations; highlights the finding in the report on implementation of FTAs that certain partners are not complying with provisions on the protection of geographical indications, and calls on the Commission to act without delay to ensure compliance with these provisionenforce the application of these rules;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Welcomes the review of the Aid for Trade strategy and supports the aim of capacity building for developing countries so that they can take greater advantage of the opportunities offered by EU trade agreements; emphasises, too, that the strategy must help to promote fair and ethical trade, as well as gender issues;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Repeats its call to the Commission to frame a proposal for banning the importation of goods produced using child labour or any other form of forced labour or modern slavery. In this context, underlines the importance of the ratification of ILO Conventions No. 182 on the worst forms of child labour and No. 138 on the minimum age for admission to employment and work by the Countries which haven’t done it; recalls the EU is committed to eradicating the worst forms of child labour at a global level, as this arises from our values, which include the prohibition of child labour in our external action as enshrined in Article 21 TEU;