Activities of Emmanuel MAUREL related to 2021/2038(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The future of EU-US relations (debate)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the recent change of administration in the United States should not, however, slow down the European Union in consolidating its digital sovereignty, its strategic autonomy and its independence regarding choices in the fields of trade and industry;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the US support for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the new Director-General of the WTO, the US’s return to the Paris Agreement, the WTO tariff rate quota agreement and the temporary suspension of Airbus Boeing tariffand calls on the Commission and the Biden administration to be responsive to her important reform initiatives, in particular with regard to health; highly appreciates the US’s return to the Paris Agreement, and the commitment that addressing the real threats from climate change shall be vital in U.S. economic diplomacy and trade talks; considers the WTO tariff rate quota agreement a fair result; and expresses its hope that the temporary suspension of Airbus Boeing tariffs creates the space to finally settle this conflict and calls for a rapid and lasting solution on aircraft subsidies;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the US remains the EU’s closest strategic partneris an important partner of the EU;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises at the same time that some diverging interests remain; in this regard, urges both sides to resolvefrontload resolving of bilateral disputes to 2021; urges the US to remove unilateral trade measures and refrain from taking further ones; urges the immediate removal of section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminium; calls for a rapid and lasting solution on aircraft subsidies;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that the US administration has elected to maintain the 'Buy American Act' and accordingly urges the European Union to consolidate and pool its own know-how, uphold industrial and agricultural production quality and ensure the introduction of a legal framework for trading purposes to encourage true reciprocity in access to public procurement, accompanied by statutory provisions allowing contracting authorities to give clearer priority to European Union interests and strategic autonomy under a 'Buy European Act';
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the election of Joe Biden as President of the United States and Kamala Harris as Vice-President has created new opportunities to reset the transatlantic relationshipshould not affect the EU’s determination to develop its strategic autonomy;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the support expressed by President Joe Biden for a temporary international waiver on the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights(TRIPS) for all coronavirus-related medical products, including vaccines and treatments; urges partners to work together with all the WTO members to ensure that intellectual property rights such as patents, industrial designs, copyright and protection of undisclosed information do not create barriers to the timely access to affordable medical products including vaccines and medicines or to scaling-up of research, development, manufacturing and supply of medical products essential to combat COVID-19;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes that USTR Katherine Tai took the initiative to speak with Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu about the global effort to end the pandemic and help the economy recover, and that both discussed the potential waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines as well as the need to increase production and distribution of vaccines and raw materials around the world;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes note of the dimension of the investment initiatives of the Biden administration, including the recently enacted 1.9 trillion dollar coronavirus relief package, and a proposed 2 trillion dollar infrastructure initiative, which would together give the federal government a bigger role in the US economy than it has had in generations, accounting for 20% of annual output; points out that this investment will have a potentially trade-distorting impact through its impetus on international competitiveness and innovation potential of U.S. companies, and calls on the EU and its Member States to mirror this investment offensive to avoid falling further behind in development, application and marketing of future-safe technologies and infrastructure;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, while pursuing transatlantic cooperation in areas of shared interest, the EU should also foster its strategic autonomy in defence and economic relations; whereas NATO is preventing the development of a truly independent Europe of defence;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. While promoting dialogue and common action, calls on the Commission to assertively promote the EU’s interests and react to US unwarranted duties, and extraterritorial sanctions and market barriers, urges the US government to lift the embargo against Cuba and to stand no longer in the way for an implementation of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) EU - Cuba; calls on the Commission to address the elimination of recently erected US market barriers for olive oil and other EU products, and to seek now solutions that last beyond the election year 2022;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. While promoting dialogue and certain common actions, calls on the Commission to assertively promote the EU’s interests and reactstrategic autonomy as a matter of priority in response to US unwarranted duties, extraterritorial sanctions and market barriers;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls the commitments by the Commission for more transparency in trade related talks that emerged from lessons learned during the TTIP negotiations; urges the Commission to implement its commitments in trade transparency policy for any new cooperation with the United States; calls for any proposal sent to the United States to be published to ensure citizens’ trust, and stresses that agenda, minutes and list of participants to the meetings of the different regulatory dialogues should also be made available; calls for the European Parliament to be involved closely in the process and for a strengthening of the transatlantic legislators’ dialogue; calls on the EU and the US to involve civil society better in the further development of the transatlantic relations, and takes the view that a regular transatlantic civil society dialogue should be established for this purpose;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) to reassertstudy the continued relevance of the strategic transatlantic relationship for the rebuilding and reinvigorating of the multilateral rules- based international order, the global strengthening of democratic values, and the promotion of human rights, sustainable development and inclusive growth;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for enhanced coordination on the use of the human-rights sanctions mechanisms; expresses concern about the US’s use of comprehensive economic sanctions, which primarily affect the civilian population and European businesses through the extraterritoriality of US law;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Supports a rebalancing of the responsibilities in the transatlantic security relationship by fostering greaterthe self-reliance forof the EU Member States in matters of defence as a way to lessen the burden on the US;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the EU should engage more with the US incountries of the Western Balkans and eastern Europe in order to build resilient, prosperous, democratic multi- ethnic societies there, capable of resisting the disruptive influence of both local and external authoritarian forces;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the recent engagement of the US in the negotiations on a revival of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as a cornerstone of a global non- proliferation regime and a foundation for de-escalation in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region; calls for renewed transatlantic efforts to meaningfully revive the Middle East Peace Process, leading to a viable two-state solution;