3 Amendments of Tokia SAÏFI related to 2013/2740(RSP)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Stresses that WTO Members have recognised that as many countries do not have the human, institutional and infrastructural capacity to participate effectively in international trade, the multilateral system needs to be accompanied by improvements in trade capacity which is an essential complement to the Doha Development Agenda; considers, however, that help with accession to the WTO for countries which are not yet members remains the priority;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Emphasises in this context the important role played by the Aid for Trade Initiative and regrets that for the first time since its launch in 2005 the amount of the commitments were reduced in 2011 due to the financial crisis, which resulted in less support to large projects in economic infrastructure with commitments in the transport and energy sector falling; points out that technical assistance to trade and multilateral initiatives such as the WTO’s generalised tariff preference systems can compensate for this reduction in commitments; calls on the members of the WTO, and especially the developed and major emerging countries, to make greater use of these;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Recognises the importance of the agricultural sector to developing countries and notes the proposals made by the G33 group of countries on the issue of food security; believes that the EU should support measures which restore food stocks for developing countries in the wake of the harmful speculation and price volatility in recent years; recalls that in this regard the EU should ensure coherence between the various EU policies which come under its external action as enshrined notably in Articles 207 and5 to 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union, namely development policy, the CAP and the common commercial policy, taking account of the needs and concerns of both EU Member States and those of developing countries;