13 Amendments of Carl SCHLYTER related to 2007/2198(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the absence of internationally agreed upon competition rules in the WTO currently leaves no alternative but TDIs to, under current rules in the WTO, TDIs are the only suitable solution for dealing with unfair trade practices, underlining the importance of their effective functioning,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, anti-dumping is, a very specific andt present, a narrowly focused instrument tackling anticompetitive practices; whereas antidumping is not designed to tackl solely with regard to the pricing of the clabour and environmental standards and to apply such standards that would hardly be in line with current WTO regulassical factor costs of production,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas antidumping rules may need to be conceptually redesigned in order to allow for the inclusion of a set of quantifiable and comparable production cost factors deriving from international obligations, legal norms and labour and environmental standards,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas production cost factors deriving from international obligations, legal norms and labour and environmental standards should in any case be included in reformed anti-subsidy rules, in order to prevent national governments from undercutting globally cost-effective international endeavours, such as curbing climate change,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas EU companies adapting to the social and environmental challenges of globalisation will be strengthened by a reform adapting the TDIs to current real cost calculation, including especially developments in international law that are cost-effective,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reiterates its belief that, in order to offset the potentially disruptive impact of free trade, multilateral trade rules must be based on principles of equity, inclusion and social justice, on their subordination to international social and environmental standards, and on the respect of national sovereignty with regard to the setting of economic development goals;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Believes that the unsustainable trade imbalances that have built up in the last decade among leading trade powers cannot be corrected through TDIs or any kind of national sector-based protectionism but that they hint instead to the need of novel global economic governance mechanisms that are entrusted with the mitigation of unbalanced trade flows through policy, finance and currency measures, in order to preserve the global trading system from implosion;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Acknowledges that TDI rules also have to reflect the interest of European firms that have retained production capacity within the EU as well as of those firms who have relocated parts of their production processes to third countries; points out, however, that also under a reformed TDI system the very definition of injury positively entails preferential treatment for local producers and that, systematically in practice, special consideration of the interests of relocated firms cannot be justified;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Takes the view that a reformed EU anti-subsidy and countervailing measures system should address all trade behaviour by third countries that deliberately aims to undermine EU policy coherence with regard to the Lisbon and Goteborg principles of preserving sustainable and competitive employment, or systematically infringes international social and environmental standards and norms;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Considers it important that the initiationof a TDI investigation can result from a complaint by a single firm or on the Commission's own initiative, and that trade unions can also become complainants if, in the follow-up to the Council's position on "decent work" and its integration into trade policy, the anti- dumping claim is based on proven systemicatic violation of ILO core labour standards;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to systematically take into consideration not only the position of European producers, but also of all interest groups in the chain from production to consumption, including trade unions, social and environmental interest groups, affected local administrations, consumer groups, importers, wholesalers and retailers in TDI investigations;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)