4 Amendments of Pedro SILVA PEREIRA related to 2021/2037(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that the EU-China bilateral trade and investment relationship is of strategic importance and should be rules-based, with the multilateral trading system at its core; calls on the Commission and China to closely cooperate to reform the WTO rulebook to make the organization more flexible and fit for the challenges of the 21st century, in order to contribute to a more sustainable development, and promote the green transition and digital revolution; expects China to match its economic weight to its international obligations and restore a level playing field by addressing industrial subsidies, SOEs and overcapacity , forced technology transfer public procurement and intellectual property.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned about the increasingly unbalanced EU-China bilateral economic and trade relationship; stresses that rebalancing and a more level playing field are vital to EU interests; China and the EU must build a level playing field and a fruitful relationship, despite the differences between both economic systems; for that, the Union must complete its range of autonomous instruments: (screening of foreign direct investments; export of double use technology; state subsidies; access to public procurement; protection in front of coercive measures form third countries); and China must consider the need to meet European standards in aspect related to Trade, especially in the area of human rights and working conditions.
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Urges the Chinese Government to ratify and implement ILO Convention n°29 on Forced Labour, ILO Convention n°105 on the Abolition of Forced Labour, ILO Convention n°87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize and ILO Convention n°98 on the Right to Organize and to Collective Bargaining; urges China to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
Amendment 67 #
5. Welcomes the conclusion at the political level of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI); recalls that the CAI has to be considered in the context of a strengthened EU toolbox of unilateral measures; underlines it will thoroughly scrutinise the agreement, including its sustainable development section, and take stock of the human rights context, before determining its position;; reiterates its most serious concern about the various abuses of human rights in China, and recalls that full respect of universal values, despite the differences between both systems is essential; takes the position that the ratification of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), by the European Parliament, is suspended until the Chinese retaliatory sanctions are lifted.