5 Amendments of Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY related to 2018/2084(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that trade liberalisation is not positive, per se, 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, 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 in order to ensure all countries are represented in equal footing;
Amendment 23 #
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; recalls the importance of mainstreaming gender equality and women empowerment in all trade policies, including WTO rules;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that the WTO should clearly recognise the role that trade can play in contributing to the achievement of the SDGs and the fight against climate change, using the Paris Agreement commitments as a minimum benchmark; underlines, moreover, the importance of ensuring global value chains sustainability and alignment with human rights and social and environmental standards;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Insists that the WTOs Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) should have a more developmental focus; recalls the paramount importance of ensuring access to medicines for all, and to this end encourages a more comprehensive use of TRIPS flexibilities as enshrined in the Doha Declaration; expresses its concerns on current trends of seed privatization while undermining people’s right to food; calls on the Commission to further explore and adopt measures against biopiracay;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned, in the above context, that bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements could lead to the fragmentation of international trade policy and thus undermine the role of the WTO and have negative consequences for developing countries; calls, therefore, for the EU and its Member States to make additional efforts to once again place the WTO at the centre of global trade governance;