Activities of Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK related to 2014/2228(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (A8-0175/2015 - Bernd Lange)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Believes that the long term aim should be for the EU and the US to have a full strategic partnership, with a view to develop common approaches and provide transatlantic leadership to shared economic, political and strategic global challenges and issues; underlines the key role that the TTIP should play in cementing these long term ties;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the TTIP's strategic importance in strengthening and shaping global trade and economic governance based on the values shared by the EU and the US, particularly in an increasingly multipolar world; notes that its impact would go beyond the bilateral implications by facilitating the establishment of common regulationstandards and rules that could later be adopted at global level;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that the conclusion of the TTIP creates the prospect of a broad economic space, which would include third countries with which the EU and the US have close trade and economic relations and asks the Commission to ensure that any final agreement could be expanded to allow for cumulation with countries with which the EU and the US have, or will have, free trade agreements;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Recognises that the TTIP is part of a long term process towards the creation of a truly transatlantic market and considers that a number of issues will need to be examined in this light and that those where agreement is not possible at this stage, may need to be kept aside for later inclusion;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that this agreement should be accompanied by a deepening of transatlantic parliamentary cooperation, and that the strengthening of trade and investment links through the TTIP should lead in the future to an broader and enhanced political framework to improve global cooperation between the EU and the US;