8 Amendments of Martin KASTLER related to 2009/2219(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the European Union to uphold the principles of managed and fair trade, rejecting protectionism or any attempt to undermine the legitimate comparative advantages of developing countries that do not undermine human and trade union rights, but applying a different interpretation of WTO Article XXIV to allow for the. Furthermore, the possibility should be created of exemption ofng vulnerable manufacturing and other sectors from trade agreements where this is justified;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Confirms that due attention must be paid in all trade agreements must requireto ensure that all parties to have ratified and effectively implemented the core conventions of the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Rights and Principles, and that the Sustainable Development chapter has the same binding status as the market access provisions and is subject to the same dispute-settlement mechanism;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the use of Sustainability Impact Assessments, but deplores failures to act fully on their findings, as in west Africa; in the case of Colombia; emphasises the EU's leverage to pursue concrete improvements in respect for labour and human rights in advance of trade agreements, as well as during their implementation;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
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6. Recognises that current and future trade agreements are being negotiated in the context of an economic depression; that off-shoring accounts for a high proportionmay include the risk of job losses; and that EU trade policy should seek to prevent an excessive or over-rapid decline in EU market share and employment levels in any given sector; calls for trade agreements to be concluded in the light of the scope for the EU's Globalisation Adjustment Fund to provide adequate assistance towards restructuring;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
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7. Calls on the EU's trade negotiations to promote obligations as well as rights for investors and businesses, as laid down in the 'Heiligendamm Process’, and for trade agreements to require compliance withtake due account of the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises, the ILO Tripartite Declaration on Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy, the UN Global Compact and the Recommendations of the UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 8
8. Calls for complaints about social problems to be the subject of independent expert decisions, follow-up and review;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 10