Activities of Marietje SCHAAKE related to 2018/2005(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on harnessing globalisation: trade aspects PDF (543 KB) DOC (108 KB)
Amendments (21)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
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– having regard to the non-paper of Commission services ‘Feedback and way forward on improving the implementation and enforcement of Trade and Sustainable Development chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements’,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
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Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to the Alliance for Torture-Free Trade launched during the UN General Assembly on September 18th 2017,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas ‘European and fairopen, fair and values-based trade’ and investment policies need a range of effectiveare supported by flanking policies in order to maximise the gains and minimise the losses of trade liberalisation for the EU and for third countries’ populations and economies;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 2
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the benefits of globalisation are unequally distributed between regions and within societies; notes that this is a reason for the rising scepticism or rejection of globalisation within societiesnot all regions and societies enjoy equal benefits from globalisation; notes that this may lead to scepticism about the actual benefits of globalisation; notes that the financial and economic crises had a particularly negative effect on mid-range incomes; expresses the view that the combination of a declining middle class, citizens’ fears over losing their social and economic position, andtogether with scepticism towards globalisation, can result in nationalist and authoritarian tendencies, which then lead toould fuel nationalistic tendencies, including the promotion of protectionism as an easy answer to common fears;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the economic importance of China and other Southeast Asian countries is growing significantly; understands that this leads to a relative loss of importance for the present global economic centres of Europe and North Americacountries such as China are actively pushing their own economic models as an alternative to global economic order; notes the growing economic importance of other regions, including Southeast Asia; reiterates therefor the need to further strengthen the rules and values-based multilateral system;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that increasing protectionism in the United States and beyond, as well as the lack of consideration for the needs and expectations of developing countries in international agreements, shows the weakness of the WTO; underlines the lack of integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the world trade agendaTakes note of current growing protectionist tendencies, including in the United States; reiterates the need to further integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the world trade agenda and to take into account the needs and expectations of developing countries in international agreements;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. NotWelcomes the importance of engaging in the restructuringEU's ongoing efforts to further strengthen the rules of the worldglobal economic order and of respecsystem, to proportionately respond to protectionist tendencies and unfair trading practices and of integrating the needs of developing countries, while; stressinges that the aim of fulfilling the SDGs and the conditions of the Paris Agreement must provide the overarching frameworkshould be taken into account in these efforts;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the continued strengthening of the EU’s internal market as well as consolidating the economic union is vital, since a solid internal market is a prerequisite for the successful implementation of international strategies; points out that being internationally competitive depends strongly on shaping digitalisation successfully and in a socially responsible manner; notes that the shift to renewable energies needs to happen as soon as possible;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Asks the Commission to create a European trade strategy for SMEs in order toWelcomes the work undertaken by the Commission to make EU trade policy accessible to SME's; notes that increased work in this area could help SME's further integrate SMEs into international value chains and overcome trade-specific hurdles such as non-tariff barriers; points out that access to information is one of the biggest obstacles to the market participation of SMEs, meaning that transparency and support need to increase;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. NoReiterates that the recent reform of EU's trade defence instruments must be checked regarding its capacity as a protective measure against arbitrary protectionism, on top of its ability to protect against dumpingalways be used proportionately to protect the EU against unfair trading practices such as dumping and subsidies and can never be used as a veiled form of protectionism;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that, as a reply to globalisation-induced job losses, a reform of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund is needed; the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund provides support to people losing their jobs as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation; reminds that the vast majority of policies ensuring the redistribution of economic gains are made by Member State governments, in accordance with subsidiarity, as well as country specific needs;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to meet scepticism towards globalisation with a credible initiative onWelcome initiatives by the Commission to make trade policy more transparent, for example by publishing negotiating mandates, calls on the European Council to also make its work in this field more transparencyt;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls onWelcome the Commission to include sustainability-related measures in every chapter of trade agreements and not to reduce them to one toothless chapter's 15 point plan to make EU trade and sustainable development chapters more effective;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that impact assessments conducted before the start of negotiations must take their possible effects on the fulfilment of the SDGs into account; notes that national sustainability strategies and implementation plans for the Paris Agreement must form the starting point for impact assessments; points out that every single provision of an agreement and its possible impacts must be checked on its compatibility with the SDGs; notes that if parts of an agreement hamper the fulfilment of the SDGs or the Paris Agreement, adjustments must be made; notes that breaches of sustainability provisions must be counterweighted by corrective measures or lead to a sanction- based dispute settlemecould also their possible effects on the fulfilment of the SDGs into account;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that, in line with SDG 17, the Commission must reform its system for implementing policy coherence for developmente Commission's policy coherence for development should be in accordance with SDG 17;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that the ratification and implementapromotion of the ILO’s core labour standards must be a precondition for the implementation of anyare included in the sustainable development chapters of the EU's trade agreements; notes that organised civil society and social partners shcould be includedplay a positive role in the formative stages of agreements, the implementation phase and the monitoring phase after implementation via bilateral meetings with the negotiating partners; notes that in case of a breach of the sustainability provisions of an agreement, the dispute settlement mechanism must be accessible to civil society as well as the negotiating partners;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 16
16. Asks the Commission to meet the growing complexity of value chains and the increasing interdependence of producers with clear transparency and diligence obligations for the whole supply chainwhere appropriate;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that, in view of attacks on the multilateral world economic order, it is vitally important to preserve this order since any backsliding into protectionism would be damaging and would lead to trade war should be preserved and strengthened; reiterates the negative economic effects of protectionism, both for consumers and businesses;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that free, fairvalues-based and sustainable trade is economically desirable and has vital political implications; notes that it is important for Europe to use trade as an instrument for the promotion of democraticrights, high standards and sustainable development in the states of the Eastern Partnership as well as the African states;