4 Amendments of Ana GOMES related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the United States is the EU's key strategic partner; stresses that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is the most significant recent EU-US project and will reinvigorate the transatlantic partnership as a whole, beyond its trade aspects; emphasises that its successful conclusion is of high geopolitical importance at a moment when the US is pivoting to Asia and concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership; underlines that the TTIP willshould have a positive impact on jobs and growth for the two economies, which have both been hit by the crisis;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that most EU Member States and the United Sates have ratified the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions; recalls that several EU MS and the US have ratified the UN Convention against Corruption; recalls that several EU MS and the US are members of the Financial Action Task Force on money laundering; defends that enhanced cooperation between both the EU MS and the US should be established in the framework of TTIP in order to fight against financial crime, such as corruption, tax fraud, tax evasion and money laundering, including mechanisms for more efficient international cooperation, mutual legal assistance, asset recovery, technical assistance, exchange of information and implementation of international recommendations and standards.
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that TTIP should advance cooperation between the EU and the US to fight money-laundering and corruption and to set global standards against financial and tax criminality;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii a (new)
(iia) to incorporate rules on transparency and combating financial crime in order to advance cooperation between the EU and the US in the fight against corruption, illicit financial flows and money- laundering and to set global higher standards against financial and tax criminality; including measures for cooperation in the implementation of standards to enforce anti-bribery laws, transparency in corporate reporting, mutual legal assistance and the promotion of integrity among public officials, political actors and the private sector.