Activities of Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ related to 2018/2084(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the WTO: the way forward
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that trade liberalisation is notcan play a positive, per s role, in terms of reducing poverty and inequalities, and that it can even have negative effects on sustainable development if it is not properly regulated; underlines, in this context,in advancing sustainable development if it is accompanied by appropriate policies and institutions that maximise and distribute better the benefits of trade and economic growth; reiterates the importance of promoting policy reforms in the multilateral trading system which support development-related objectives; underlines the potential of the WTO as an efficient rules-based multilateral negotiating forum which provides a platform for open discussion on global trade-related issues; insists that the EU should continue to promote the democratisation of the WTO;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a trade agenda based on fair trade for the benefit of all, which puts development and social, environmental and human rights at the centre of the process and has a special focus on the needs of low-income developing countries and least-developed countries; highlights in this regard the need of promoting comprehensive, binding and enforceable provisions on social, labour and environmental standards in trade agreements;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the importance for WTO members who are developing countries to decide on their own pace and sequencing of trade liberalisation according to their level of development;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Regrets that the WTO 11th Ministerial Conference did not secure progress on issues of key importance to developing countries; welcomes however enhanced preferential treatment previously secured at the WTO for LDCs including preferential Rules of Origin and treatment for service providers and emphasises the need to undertake capacity building measures that would allow suppliers from LDCs to benefit from the LDC Services Waiver;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU to continue to make the case for increasing the importance of the parliamentary dimension of the WTO; calls on WTO members to ensure democratic legitimacy and transparency by strengthening the parliamentary dimension of the WTO; stresses, in this connection, the need to ensure that parliamentarians have better access to trade negotiations and are involved in the formulation and implementation of WTO decisions and that trade policies are properly scrutinised in the interests of their citizens.