Activities of Åsa WESTLUND related to 2010/2110(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Agriculture and international trade (short presentation)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the EU must pursue a trade policy which is coherent with its development policies and to that end fully prioritise social and sustainable development, as well as the market integration of developing countries,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the EU agricultural sector, if reformed properly, has a clear added value for the European economy and a strategic role to play in the EU 2020 strategy towards tackling the economic, social and environmental challenges that the EU is facing;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Condemnsalls on the Commission's approach, which far too often makes concessions o to strive for a balanced approach among different sectors and to promote both defensive and offensive European agricultureal in order to obtain enhanced market access in third countries for industrial products and servicesterests in multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations while taking responsibility for the EU economy as a whole;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that standards equivalent to those applied in the EU, while respecting WTO rights and obligations, must be imposed on imports so as to ensure that EU farmers compete on a level playing field and EU citizens are effectively protected; underlines the need for tighter import controls at borders;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission proactively to promote the EU's offensive agricultural interests, given the vast export potential of the EU's high quality agri-food products; underlines, inter alia, the need to step up promotion programmes, including through an increase in the percentage of EU cofinancing; notes that these measures are WTO-compatible, falling as they do into the ‘green box’;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that, in a bid to secure a successful outcome to the DDA, the EU made an extremely generous offer on agriculture, but this was not reciprocated by an equivalent level of ambition from other developed and advanced developing countriesand urges the Commission to continue to seek an ambitious, balanced and comprehensive outcome of the DDA;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that the EU has already significantly reduced its trade-distorting domestic support, and is fully committed to continue with this effort; asks for firm commitments to do the same from other trading partners;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that the general reduction in customs tariffs should be assessed in the light of the EU offer concerning the domestic support and export competition pillars, and should depend on the possibility of keeping the Special Safeguard clause during a transitional period for a limited number of tariff lines, on a specific exemption from tariff simplification disciplines and on adequate flexibility in the formula for tariff cuts and in the designation of sensitive products; is of the opinion that the proposed mechanism forthrough the designatingon of sensitive products is fatally undermined by the obligation to achieve a significant tariff quota expansion;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25