9 Amendments of Yannick JADOT related to 2011/2011(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WCommends the acknowledgment of the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit that global trade and investment imbalances were at the roots of speculative financial activities leading to the financial and economic crises since 2008; welcomes steps agreed by the G-20 Finance Ministers Summit in Paris on 19 February 2011 to measure global imbalances by a set of indicators including ‘the external imbalance composed of trade balance and net investment income flows and transfers’;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Commends G-20 member states to agree on principles which could help achieving more sustainable global trade balances, including through measures discouraging aggressive export- orientation, higher and binding social standards, a redefinition of the anti- dumping rules to include the dimension of environmental dumping, the elaboration of criteria and limits for the liberalization of trade in financial services, a ban on all agricultural export subsidies, and criteria for foreign investment in the food and distribution sectors; regards regional integration models and the strengthening of regional trade relations a valid economic alternative to the potential pitfalls of global trade;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the G-20 to discuss a new agenda for the WTO, under the premise of the adaptation of global trade rules to financial crisis prevention, poverty reduction and climate change mitigation goals;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to design a EU trade and investment strategy which emphasises a sustainable balance between imports and exports of goods, services and capital and to revise the EU Strategy “Trade in Global Affairs” of 9 November 2010 accordingly;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to focus on decreasing the Union's dependency on energy imports in order to curb imported inflation and regain commercial balances with oil producing countries;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that trade liberalisation can conflict with climate protection if certain countries seek a competitive advantage by failing to act on climate issues; suggests, therefore, a reform of the WTO anti- dumping rules to include the issue of a fair environmental price in accordance with global climate protection standards;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the European Member States sitting on the Executive Board of the IMF to explore and propose a new multilateral framework for exchange rate management, including a commonly accepted monitoring mechanism based on Real Effective Exchange Rates (REER);
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Is convinced that the liberalization of trade in financial services has contributed to the spread and depth of the financial crisis of 2008; calls on the Commission to assess its policy of financial service liberalization in the frame of ongoing negotiations on Free Trade Agreements;