10 Amendments of Dita CHARANZOVÁ related to 2020/2117(INI)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the mainstreaming of the European Green Deal and the European Digital Strategy into the communication on the Trade Policy Review (TPR) and calls for a concrete action plan to make this ambition a reality;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the incorporation of the Paris Agreement as an essential element in all trade, investment and partnership agreements; stresses that ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) core conventions and respect for human rights are requirements for concluding FTAs; asks for ambitious chapters on gendigital trader and on small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) to be included in all trade agreements;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the post-COVID-19 recovery is a uniquegood opportunity to set the agenda for sustainable growth; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present its review of the 15-point action plan on TSD chapters without delay; expects the review to address the enforceability of TSD commitments as a matter of urgency, as it is not currently included; recalls, in this regard, the non-paper from the Netherlands and France on trade, social economic effects and sustainable development11 ; suggests that, as a minimum, recent advances in enforceability should be applied to EU trade policy, namely the ability to tackle any non-compliance by partners through unilateral sanctions, including the introduction of tariffs or quotas on certain products or the cross-suspension of other parts of an agreement; __________________ 11 Non-paper from the Netherlands and France on trade, social economic effects and sustainable development, accessed at ‘the Netherlands at International Organisations (permanentrepresentations.nl)’., to address among other points the best way to enforce TSD commitments;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that brown goods still receive preferential treatment over green goods and that tariffs and trade barriers are working against sustainable trade; demandasks that the Commission deviseconsider instruments to tackle these distortions and walk the talk of the Green Deal by implementing it in all aspects of trade policy;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU to take a leading role at a multilateral level to end harmful subsidies by advocating transparency and strict regulation and disciplines in trade agreements and at the World Trade Organization (WTO); stresses the importance of drawing up sustainability impact assessments on an ex-ante, intermediate and ex-post basis; stresses the need to develop a comprehensive framework with concrete targets to advance the SDGs, the Green Deal and the ILO Decent Work Agenda in trade and investment agreements; emphasises that new agreements should only be concluded once these targets have been fulfilled and that existing agreements should be revised accordingly;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that transparency and, dialogue and good communication are key to creating support for trade policy; insists that the role and responsibilities of civil society and domestic advisory groups must be clearly defined in the EU’s international agreements and that financial assistance must be accompanied by capacity-building measures to enable it to function effectively;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of fair valuesupply chains that respect human rights, labour rights and environmental standards; recalls that the mandatory due diligence throughout the entire supply chain islegislation will be a necessary instrument to achieve this; stresses that more attention should be paid to the vulnerable position of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), in the EU and especially in developing countries, whereas large companies are more likelybetter equipped to overcome a sudden drop in demand; underlines that mandatory due diligence requirements should not lead to disproportionate burdens for European companies, and especially SMEs;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced that the EU is too dependent on a limited number of suppliers for critical goods and services; insists that the EU should overcome these undesirable dependencies via a mix of policies to incentivise companies to stockpile, diversify sourcing strategies and promote nearshoring in some cases, which could create new trading opportunities for partners in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods; believes, however, that companies should ultimately decide themselves how to manage their global supply chains;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to come up withreate a digital trade strategy towith the aim to reduce digital protectionism, increase the market access of European businesses, and facilitate the free flow of non-personal data across borders while respecting EU data protection rules that protect EU citizens’ rights under the GDPR13 ; underlines the acceleration of the digital revolution due to COVID-19 and s, while at the same time the acceleration of protectionist approaches to trade; Stresses the importance of the EU taking the lead in setting standards for a sustainable, digital-driven global economy and keeping international data flows open; strongly supports multilateral solutions for digital trade rules and calls for the plurilateral WTO negotiations on e- commerce to be concluded as a matter of urgency; __________________ 13Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Supports the new, forward-looking transatlantic agenda based on common interests and shared values; supports the suspension of the Airbus-Boeing tariffs and urges for this matter to be resolved permanently; urges the Commission and the US administration to cooperate closely in order to secure a level playing field andfor business, to continue to explore agreements on conformity assessment and the elimination of industrial tariffs, to agree on ambitious socialtechnology and environmental standards, and build on each other’s experience to enforcpromote these more efficientstandards globally; calls for joint efforts to overcome the pandemic, speed up the economic recovery and facilitate trade in essential medical goods; reiterates that we should work together to achieve meaningful WTO reform and find common solutions to common problems;