3 Amendments of Harald ETTL related to 2008/2004(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that within financial services, the EU has one of the most open markets in the world, but underlines that the European Union has to pursue more offensive trade in services negotiations and endorse the principles of openness, development and reciprocitythe European Union has to take a different approach to trade in services negotiations and endorse the principles of openness, development and reciprocity, but above all without jeopardising the ability of developing and emerging countries to develop their services sectors in line with their national policy objectives;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on Member States to work towards a more integrated and coherent trade policy with the Commission, in particular in the area of investments; points outconsiders it reasonable for thate Member States should not overstate the risks of foreign investment, but aim for effective openness of their economies, also in the context of sovereign wealth fundto assess the overall economic advantages and risks to their economies of foreign sovereign wealth funds investments and in particular their effects on security of supply in particular cases;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission, in the context of both the multilateral WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), and bilateral negotiations, not to enter into new market access commitments in sensitive areas of public general interest services; points out that in particular the EU and the Member States must continue to maintain their unlimited right to regulate general interest services in the public interest;