15 Amendments of Klaus BUCHNER related to 2018/2084(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the Paris Agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, effective since November 2016;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its full commitment to the enduring value of multilateralism and calls for a trade agenda based on free, fair and rule-based trade for the benefit of all and the achievement of the 1,5° C goal, which supports the sustainable development agenda by including and enhancing social, environmental and human rights, and ensuring that multilaterally agreed and harmonised rules are uniformly applied to all; underlines that trade is not an end in itself but a tool for reaching globally defined development goals;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that it is now a matter of urgency to proceed to the modernisation of the WTO in the light of the latest developments, and to fundamentally review several aspects of the functioning of the WTO with a view to increasing both its effectiveness and its legitimacy; considers, in this perspective, as utmost important that other WTO members, in particular our major trading partners, should be involved in the debate from the beginningSecretariat creates opportunities for all WTO members to be involved in the debate from the beginning; calls on the Commission and the EU members in the WTO to reach out to other WTO members, in particular our major trading partners, for agreeing on common positions;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes in this regard the mandate given by the European Council to the Commission on 28-29 June 2018, and supportstakes note of the approach outlined in the conclusions;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. SharesIs of the view that, as a way to address the root causes of the current crisis, it is necessary for the WTO to deliver on some of the outstanding issues of the Doha Round, especially regarding food security in the form of agreements on Special Products and the Special Safeguard Mechanism, as well as to develop new rules to address current gaps in the rulebook in order to level the playing asfield, including with regards to subsidies and state-owned enterprises, investment market access and regulatory barriers to services and investment; believes that in order to remain relevant, the WTO also needs to address new challenges in areas such as: e- commerce; digital trade; global value chains; public procurement; domestic regulation for services; micro, small and medium- sized enterprises (MSMEs); and greatersystemic compatibility between trade, labour and environmental agendas; welcomes, in this regard, the joint statements that were adopted in Buenos Aires on e-commerce, domestic regulation, investment facilitation and women’s economic empowerment, as well as the work that has been done on these issues since then;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. In view of greater compatibility between trade rules and global environmental goals, calls on the EU to engage the WTO membership in rebalancing the global system of Intellectual Property Rights in order to enable the legal transfer of climate- friendly technology in developing countries, in the form of a Declaration on IPR and Climate Change to the example of the Doha Declaration of 2001 on TRIPS and Public Health
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. In view of greater compatibility between trade rules and global environmental goals, retains that the needed revision of WTO subsidy rules should allow for exceptions, waivers or peace clauses on a set of primarily relevant climate products whose market penetration should be enabled also by way of state subsidisation, under the condition of full transparency and prior notification;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. In view of greater compatibility between trade rules and global environmental goals, calls on the EU to engage the WTO membership in a revision of the TRIPS Agreement relating to the patentability of plant and animal inventions, so that the patent applicants are required to disclose the origin of genetic resources and any traditional knowledge used in inventions, so that WTO rule-making becomes supportive to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is convinced that the current differentiation between developed and developing countries does not reflect the effective situation in the WTO and that this has been an obstacle to advancing the Doha Round, to the detriment of countries most in need; urges advanced developing countries to take up their share of responsibility and make contributions commensurate to their level of development and (sectoral) competitiveness; considers that the principle of Special and Differential Treatment (SDT) remains a useful tool for development, if its criteria are reformed to better reflect human development indexes;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that it is necessary to revise the functioning of the negotiating process by introducing more flexibility than has currently been the case under the consensus rule, while recognising that the Single Undertaking approach has limited the effectiveness of multilateral trade governance; expresses its support for the concept of flexible multilateralism, whereby; while the principle of consensus must remain the centre of WTO rule making, expresses its support for an approach, whereby a critical mass of WTO members interested in pursuing a certain market access issue where full consensus is not yet possible should be able to advance and conclude plurilateral agreements eithunder through so-called WTO Annex 4 agreements, in accordance with Article II:3, Article III:1, and Article X:9 of the Marrakesh Agreement, or via ‘critical mass’ agreements that extende condition that it is not objected to by a threshold of WTO members to be determined and that negotiated concessions are extended to the WTO membership on a most-favoured-nation (MFN) basis;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the EU to advance an initiative in the WTO regarding the regulation of a specific global supply chain, notably in the garment sector, with regard to social and environmental conditions for market access with reduced tariffs, in order to test a more flexible negotiation approach;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), of the Paris Agreement commitments in the fight against climate change, and of the role which trade can and must play in contributing towards their achievement; underlines that beyond the negotiations on fisheries subsidies, the WTO must now define the more concrete action that needs to be taken in this regard; reminds that the WTO concept of Process and Production Methods (PPM) offers possibilities to differentiate among so-called "like- products" for their environmental impact; suggests to revitalize the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) with the mandate to elaborate criteria for combatting environmental free riding and to establish closer links to the UNFCCC Secretariat;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reaffirms the links between gender equality and inclusive development, as also expressed in SDG 5, emphasising that women’s empowerment is key to the eradication of poverty and that removing barriers to women’s participation in trade is critical for economic development; welcomes the increased focus of the WTO on issues related to trade and gender, and encourages all 121 signatories to the 2017 Buenos Aires Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment to deliver on their commitments; emphasises the need for a systemic gender approach to all fields of WTO rule-making in the form of gender specific impact assessments;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that the role of the WTO Secretariat in facilitating and safeguarding a bottom-up approach for the active participation of all members is critical and that it should be further strengthened in support of various negotiating processes, as well as in implementation and monitoring functions; considers it necessary to strengthen the financial and human means and resources available to the WTO Secretariat;