17 Amendments of Christofer FJELLNER related to 2015/2105(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas trade is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve prosperity and equality and, to raise standards of living, and to foster international exchange and social and cultural progress;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. DeplorWelcomes the fact that the new strategy is not sufficiently focused on the role of the manufacturing sector in the CCP, which is vital for the reindustrialisation of Europefocused on various sectors that are all very important for Europe’s economic recovery;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises the importance of opening up trade in services, because trade in services is not only a source of growth in the service sector, but also provides support for the manufacturing sector;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Council to publish all existing and future negotiating mandates as soon as they are adopted and without restricting the Union’s leeway for negotiation;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that provisions on human rights and social and environmental standards, and a binding chapter on labour rights based, inter alia, on the ILO’s core labour rights and corporate social responsibility (CSR), must form an essential part of EU trade agreements9; calls on the Commission to include sustainable development chapters that are not only legally binding but also enforceable in all EU trade and investment agreements; __________________ 9 OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31. OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31.
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers plurilateral negotiations within the WTO such as the Information Technology Agreement, the Trade in Services Agreement and the Environmental Goods Agreements to be the second-best option; emphasises that trade policy should also be used as a tool for increasing the competiveness of environmentally beneficial products; stresses the importance of multilateralising the ‘green goods’ initiative and of considering whether bilateral or unilateral trade agreements could provide premium preferences for environmental goods;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines, in the context of the current talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU- Japan FTA, the high importance of focusing on core sensitive issues such as the protection of geographical indications (GIs)non-tariff barriers to trade, investment protection and public procurement when negotiating FTAs;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8
Subheading 8
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that further trade liberalisation measures require the EU to be able to respond even more effectively to unfair trading practices and ensure a level playing field; underlines that TDIs must remain an indispensable component of the EU’s trade strategy; recalls that the current EU trade defence legislation dates back to 1995; stresses that the Union’s trade defence system needs to be modernised urgently; points out that EU trade defence law must be more effective, adapted to today’s challenges and trade patterns, and also increase transparency and predictability; regrets that the TDI modernisation proposal is blocked in the Council; regretnotes that the Commission does not refer at all to the need for TDI modernisation in its ‘Trade for All’ communication; calls on the Council to boost its efforts regarding TDI modernisation urgently, especially at a time when China is firmly requesting recognition of MES, and asks the Commission to present a new proposal;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Strongly opposes the granting of MES to China, as it is not fulfilling, for the time being, the EU’s five technical criteria for defining a market economy; underlines the importance of defining a common European strategy to reinvigorate and apply the anti-dumping procedures on various products suffering from the strong trade distortion caused by Chinese exporting companiesesses that it is important that, in the future too, TDIs should be used in an effective manner which is at the same time compatible with the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO);
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Shares the Commission’s view that the temporary movement of professionals has become essential to increasing business internationally; stresses that a labour mobility chapter should be included in all EU trade and investment agreements; recalls however that Mode 4 commitments must only apply to the movement of highly skilled professionals;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Stresses the importance of further debate with stakeholders and Parliament on the Commission’s proposal for the Investment Court System in order to better clarify its impact on the ‘right to regulate’, the annual costs for the EU budget and its compliance with the EU legal order, the power of the EU courts in particular, and more specifically the EU competition rules; stresses that, in investment agreements, the 'right to regulate' must respect both undertakings' protection against de facto expropriation and the right for the Union and Member States, as well as trading partners, to pursue policies on social protection, environmental protection, consumer protection and public health, and that this right must be guaranteed by means of substantive provisions in investment agreements and not by means of the selection of dispute settlement mechanisms;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 16 a (new)
Subheading 16 a (new)
Non-tariff barriers to trade and origin rules
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Calls on the Commission, in multilateral, plurilateral and bilateral free trade agreements, to seek to eliminate non-tariff barriers to trade, including – although this is not an exhaustive list – origin rules, labelling rules, licensing rules, health and plant health rules, bans on imports and customs procedures;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 b (new)
Paragraph 49 b (new)
49b. Welcomes the Commission's announcement that it intends to modernise origin rules, as those rules constitute an ever increasing barrier to trade where trade patterns are dominated by global value chains; stresses that the modernisation of origin rules must be a priority in all FTAs that the Union negotiates; calls on the Commission in particular to work for flexible origin rules, including undemanding requirements relating to added value and changing HS subcodes;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 16 b (new)
Subheading 16 b (new)
Trade for development
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 c (new)
Paragraph 49 c (new)
49c. Welcomes the Commission's announcement that it intends to perform a mid-term review of the General System of Preferences (GSP) and particularly the possibility of also extending preferences to services within the system;