6 Amendments of Bernd LANGE related to 2020/2117(INI)
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises the potential of EU delegations in the implementation of the Union's trade policy, i.e. by supporting the work of the third country DAG, monitoring the implementation of EU trade agreements and instruments on the ground as well as the trade and human rights nexus; deplores the lack of an overarching structure and comprehensive approach into leveraging the potential of EU delegations and the representatives of the Commissions' different services in this regard;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for the EU to ensure trade works also for the economically disadvantaged; in this regard recalls that the specific actions to promote ‘fair and ethical trade schemes’ to which the Commission committed in the ‘Trade for All’ strategy have become even more relevant under the current circumstances given that Fair Trade bottom-up initiatives can ensure that trade benefits the economically disadvantaged actors in the supply chain; calls on the Commission to promote Fair Trade initiatives through EU programs involving young people and the private sector, in external action in general, in the implementation of chapters on trade and sustainable development, through EU delegations as well as by rewarding best practices and facilitating knowledge exchange amongst EU local, regional, national authorities, civil society, schools and universities, including through the extension of the ‘EU cities for fair and ethical trade award’ to schools and universities and the setting up of an annual Fair Trade week hosted in Brussels by the European Commission; demands the European Commission to report on the support of Fair Trade initiatives by the EU and the member states;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of ensuring fair competition and a level playing field for European businesses in both the internal market and third-country markets; stresses, in this regard, the importance of trade defence instruments and calls on the Commission to swiftly complete the EU’s trade defence toolbox through legislative proposals in 2021, giving priority to an instrument to safeguard the Union's ability to resist or counter actions by third countries aiming to coerce the Union or its member states to adopt, amend or abandon legislation; points out in this regard the coercive effect of extraterritorial sanctions and the need to safeguard the functioning of financial instruments from coercive measures of third countries; underlines the need to adopt an instrument to tackle distortions caused by foreign subsidies and state- owned enterprises and to the conclusion of negotiations on the International Procurement Instrument12 ; __________________ 12Amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 January 2016 on the access of third- country goods and services to the Union’s internal market in public procurement and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries (COM(2016)0034).
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the TPR’s affirmation of multilateralism and extensive proposals for the necessary in-depth reform of the WTO; shares the Commission’s emphasis on sustainable development in its vision for WTO reform and urges the Commission to bring to bear all efforts to implement a sustainable development agenda among others by concluding the fisheries subsidies negotiations; stresses the importance of taking forward the WTO initiative on trade and climate; as well as the e-commerce negotiations; welcomes the approach of the new WTO DG and expects the Commission to strongly support her to provide new impetus to the organisation so that it can tackle the challenges the multilateral trading system currently faces;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Emphasises that reviving the WTO negotiating function will play a key role in any substantial reform of the organisation; highlights, in particular, the need to address competitive distortions caused by industrial subsidies and state-owned enterprises; calls for the Commission to actively pursue a solution to the mismatch between the level of development and the number of commitments undertaken within the international trading system; is convinced that EU leadership is crucial for any meaningful WTO reform to succeed; calls on the Commission to continue engaging in plurilateral negotiations as a step towards multilateral agreements;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Supports the new, forward-looking transatlantic agenda based on common interests and shared values; recognizes at the same time that some diverging interests remain; urges the Commission and the US administration to cooperate closely in order to secure a level playing field and to agree on ambitious social and environmental standards and build on each other’s experience to enforce these more efficiently; calls for joint efforts to overcome the pandemic, speed up the economic recovery and facilitate trade in essential medical goods; reiterates that we should work together to achieve meaningful WTO reform and find common solutions to common problemsurges both sides to solve bilateral trade disputes; urges the US to remove the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum; calls for joint efforts to put workers and wages at the centre of trade policy, overcome the pandemic, speed up the economic recovery and facilitate trade in essential medical goods; reiterates that we should work together to achieve meaningful WTO reform and reinstall a well-functioning Appellate Body; encourages both sides to stick to WTO commitments under the GPA and to find common solutions to common problems but underlines the need for the EU to act autonomously if needed;