Activities of Elly SCHLEIN related to 2018/2005(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on harnessing globalisation: trade aspects
Amendments (10)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that ODA alone is not sufficient to meet development needs and that the private sector plays an essential role in the realisation of inclusive and sustainable development and the implementation of the 2030 Agendait is necessary to ensure that trade becomes an effective vehicle to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); calls on the EU to increase its financial commitment to Aid for Trade initiatives that are essential for developing countries, in particular Least Developed Countries (LDCs);
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that when acting in development, the private sector should abide by shared principles and common values, and that development objectives and effeConsiders that the private sector should meet its responsibility in contributing to the realization of the 2030 Agenda; stresses that development objectives and effectiveness principles should prevail and recalls the obligations that the private sector is required to fulfill under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in terms of transparency and respect of human rights; calls on the Commission to draw up a legislative proposal on binding due diligence obligations for supply chains and to engage in constructive ness should prevailgotiations on the UN binding instrument on business & human rights;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EU to ensure that its activities with developing countries, both in the field of development and trade, promoteare based on a fair and balanced framework among equal partners and are aimed at the promotion and respect of human rights;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that trade is not an end in itself, but that an inclusive, rules-based, free and fair trade policy if aligned with the SDGs can contribute to poverty eradication; recalls, reducing inequalities and creation of decent jobs; recalls the need to strengthen the principle of policy coherence for development, requiring that the objectives of development cooperation be taken into account in policies that are likely to affect developing countries; calls on the EU to systematically evaluate the impact of its trade and fiscal policies on developing countries;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates the importance of the multilateral rules-based order as the most effective way to achieve an inclusive global trading system; emphasises the importance of comprehensive provisions on social, labour and environmental standards in trade agreements; and welcomes the Commission’s commitment to include abinding and enforceable chapters on Trade and Sustainable Development in all trade agreement; calls for accompanying measures, including financial support, to be implemented in trade agreements concluded with developing countries in order to support their efforts in respecting and implementing internationally agreed social and environmental standards; reiterates its call for more transparency in the trade in natural resources;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls that Africa is still marginalized in the global context, calls on the EU to support its ambitions of creating a genuine intra-African market and avoid taking steps which might hinder these ambitions; underlines in this regard the need to maximise the development and the positive impact of migration and mobility;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the EU to take into account the different level of development and capabilities of developing countries and to support African countries in strengthening its productive and transformation capacities in order to become less dependent on raw materials and simple processed products, enhancing their competitiveness and participation in global markets, and to help create quality jobs particularly strengthening the role of women in the formal and informal economy; stresses the need for any trade agreement with developing countries to provide for sufficiently asymmetrical liberalisation schedules, protection for infant industries, development-supportive rules of origin and effective safeguard clauses;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are an important instrum, if accompanied by appropriate structural measures and duly monitored, have the potential to be an important tool to promote regional integration and the inclusion of the African continent into promote sustainable development through trade, if accompanied by appropriate structural measureworld trade; stresses the importance of engagement with partner countries to create ownership at government and civil society levels, and strongly condemns the use of coercion as an instrument to secure approval for EPAs;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Deplores the facts that, each year, a sum exceeding total annual ODA is drained out of Africa in the form of illicit financial flows; reiterates its call to create effective tools to combat tax dodging globally and to enhance cooperation on tax matters with developing countries, including domestic resource mobilisation; recalls the need to establish a UN intergovernmental body to engage on an equal footing with developing countries in the reform of global tax rules;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls for transparency in trade agreements and for the full involvement of civil societies of the partner countries concerned in the negotiations and implementations of future trade agreements, including the inclusion of structured and well-financed civil society monitoring process;