16 Amendments of Margarida MARQUES related to 2020/2117(INI)
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that transparency and dialogue are key to creating support for trade policy; insists that the role and responsibilities of civil society and domestic advisory groups must be clearly defined in the EU’s internationalpolitical and trade agreements, and that financial assistance must be accompanied by capacity-building measures to enable it to function effectively;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that transparency and dialogue are key to creating support for trade policy; insists that the role and responsibilities of civil society and domestic advisory groups must be clearly defined in the EU’s international agreements and that financial assistance must be accompanied by capacity-building measures to enable it to function effectively; while asking the Commission to cooperate more intensively with the European civil society represented in the EESC;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced that the EU is too dependent on a limited number of suppliers for critical goods and services, especially for medical and pharmaceutical goods; insists that the EU should overcome these undesirable dependencies via a mix of policies to incentivise companies to stockpile, diversify sourcing strategies and promote nearshoring, - which could create new trading opportunities for partners in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods - and reshoring where necessary;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Underlines that the loss in biodiversity increases the danger of spreading zoonoses and pandemics; stresses that although trade policy cannot replace environmental policy, it should not reinforce or incentivize production methods that are harmful to biodiversity in the EU and internationally; therefore, in the context of FTAs, calls for the linkage of the phasing in of tariff liberalisations with proven measures for the protection of biodiversity amongst which must be the implementation of the CBD and the CITES; underlines that in order to fulfil this expectation, capacity building measures and financial support for developing countries are vital elements;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises, in this connection, the detrimental effects of unilateral measures such as export restrictions and prohibitions and the lack of transparency on global stocks and the subsequent price speculation on scarce essential goods, not least for low and middle-income countries; calls, therefore, for the adoption of the WTO trade and health initiative by the end of 2021 and for greatera new regulation to be drawn up that is much more demanding on transparency on the supply and, production and cost of essential medical products and services;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for a review of the European Directive on Intellectual Property Rights to ensure that patents do not hinder access to vaccines for COVID-19, to demand the necessary transparency from the industry and a cost-benefit analysis per product that allows for a fair and reasonable patent term and the necessary flexibility in exceptional situations for public health reasons;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the European Commission to make efficient use of its power of centralized public purchasing of vaccines to demand the necessary transparency and contract compliance from suppliers;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is concerned about the recent rise in export restrictions on vaccines by the main manufacturing countries such as the US, the UK, China and India and by, to a lesser extent, the EU, and emphasises that this endangers the rapid global scaling up of vaccine production capacity; urges the Commission to engage with producing countries to swiftly eliminate export barriers and to replace the export authorisation mechanism with an export and import notification requirement; insists on having timely and comprehensive access to such data;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that international trade policy must play a proactive role in this endeavour by facilitating trade in raw materials, health and medical essential products alleviating shortages of qualified and experienced personnel, solving supply chain problems and revisiting the global framework for intellectual property rights for future pandemics; insists, in this regard, on a constructive dialogue about a temporary waiver of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in order to ensure thato countries do not face retaliation over COVID-19 related patent infringements during the pandemicbute to increasing the industrial capacity for vaccine protection;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the TPRrade Policy Review’s affirmation of multilateralism and the extensive proposals made for the necessary in-depth WTO reform of the WTO; shares; shares the emphasis placed by the Commission’s emphasis on sustainable development in its vision for WTO reform and urges the Commission to bring to beardeploy all efforts to implement a sustainable development agenda, including goals on gender, human rights and labour standards; stresses the importance of taking forward the WTO initiative on trade and climate and to assure the swift connection of the WTO and other organizations of the multilateral system as the WHO;
Amendment 232 #
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; considers essential that the next WTO ministerial conference address the debate on intellectual property rights, the role of international trade in protecting the world from health threats, and also address the sanctions regime to prevent that the consequences of breaching international trade rules by some members, are paid by sectors not responsible for non- compliance;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Supports thea new, forward-looking wide transatlantic agenda based on common interests and shared values; urges the Commission and the, giving impulse and priority to the development of the EU relations with all the Americas, based on common interests and shared values, aiming to counterbalance the development of the economic and trade cooperation in the Pacific, to achieve meaningful WTO reform and to find common solutions to common problems; in the new political context invites the new US administration to closely cooperate closely in orderwith the EU institutions to secure a level playing field and to agree on ambitious social, labour and environmental standards and build on each other’s experience to enforce these more efficiently enforce them; calls for joint efforts to overcomeget out of the pandemic, speed up the economic recovery and facilitate trade in vaccines and essential medical goods; reiterates that we should work together to achieve meaningful WTO reform and find common solutions to common problems;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Is aware of the importance of the EU’s multifaceted trade relationship with China; firmly believes that EU-China trade relations require a more balanced and reciprocal approach; stresses that the process of ratification process of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) can only begin once the EU has the requisitestart when the EU has its necessary autonomous measures in place, including a ban onf products made using forced labour, an upgraded trade defence toolbox and a working sanctions mechanism on human rights; underlines that the ratification process of the EU- China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment will not start until the Chinese sanctions against MEPs are lifted; demands that the Commission to move forward with the Investment Agreement with Taiwan;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the TPRrade Policy Review’s engagement towards Africa and the Eastern and Southern Nneighbourhoods and looks forward to concrete steps tofor deepening the EU’s relations with these partners; reiterates the importance of a strategic and sustainable partnership with Southe-East Asia, and India and Latin America; calls on all the EU institutions to maintain as a priority in a higher rank of our trade and development cooperation, the generation of greater resilience in front of pandemics and health emergencies;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Points out that the COVID crisis has underlined the significance of a new partnership with the African continent; in this context underlines that the question on debt reductions and debt cancellations needs to be answered; underlines the necessity of extending debt-related initiatives to private creditors; highlights the need to create the policy space in African countries for the successful implementation of health related policy measures;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Stresses that the EU needs to actively support the diversification of inner-African value chains;