8 Amendments of Carles PUIGDEMONT I CASAMAJÓ related to 2020/2216(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the European Union needs to take urgent steps to close the gap with the US and China to be at the forefront of ensuring a competitive data- driven global economy; notes that the Union should close a bilateral investment agreement with the Republic of China (Taiwan) and look for measures to help citizens from Hong Kong to settle in the Union as a way to ensure their social, civic and political rights; considers that the Commission should review export controls in case they apply to the Xinjiang province in order to ensure the Union is doing all it can to prevent the exports of goods that may contribute to human rights abuses in that province; stresses that this review should determine which additional specific products will be subject to export controls in the future;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly supports multilateral solutions for digital trade rules and calls for the plurilateral WTO negotiations on e- commerce to be concluded; regrets that, in the absence of global rules, EU companies are faced with non-tariff barriers in digital trade such as unjustified data localisation and mandatory technology transfer requirements; supports making the WTO moratorium on electronic transmissions permanent; considers that digitalization greatly benefits supply chains and trade;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls for AI on trade systems to be technically robust in order for them not tobe used for harmful purposes to European trading interests; stresses that fundamental principles for the development of AI trade services is the consent of the user and her anonymity, without any mandatory nature of using contact-tracing applications; urges therefore for AI services to be user-based; urges the Commission to set up means to certify these services in order to prevent the proliferation of harmful contact- tracing applications; stresses that regional and local competences as regards to AI services, where existent, should be guaranteed and that notice-and-action mechanisms should be based on the principle of subsidiarity and therefore recognise these type of competences in order to guarantee that regional administrations do not lose competences;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Stresses that the most important impact of the blockchain is the facilitation of trade, providing a secure structure for the exchange of information and process structuring; considers that the added value of this technology is the creation of a trust framework where there is no single platform with a single administrator, where all actors involved are on the same level, and where decentralized control is blockchain's main basis; recalls that blockchain technologies may be beneficial for customs procedures, with high information exchange, more transparency, greater trust between partners; considers that blockchain technologies may also be beneficial for trade and sustainable development (TSD); regrets that the Union still lacks of a harmonised legal framework on the use of blockchain technologies in trade;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reminds the Commission that any proposal on the digital single market should fully respect the EU’s international obligations, including WTO and bilateral trade agreements; urges the Commission to fully assess the geopolitical and strategic implications of its proposals; urges the Member States and the Commission to promote interoperability between devices, applications, data repositories, services and networks, necessary to fully benefit from the deployment of information and communication technologies (ICTs), also used in the trade sector by its users;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the conclusion of the rules-based Asian Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, which deepens the economic integration of the region, integrates its supply chains, includes two of the world's three largest economies, harmonises rules-of-origin provisions, establishes a single set of regional content rules effectively creating a single market for immediate goods that will promote the creation and development of supply chains; regrets, however, the lack of a robust sustainable development chapter in the RCEP and that it will provide modest demand boost for trade because most goods tariff reductions have already been provided for under existing trade agreements, while planned liberalisation of services trade is limited; believes that the conclusion of the RCEP should encourage the EU to help set global rules for the digital economy; supports in this regard the establishment of an EU-US Trade and Technology Council and the work on a Transatlantic AI Agreement to help facilitate trade and the development of compatible rules and standards in digital trade; welcomes the new US Administration's new open stances with its European counterparts;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Notes that artificial intelligence, as well as distributed ledger technologies (DLT),are game-changer technologies in the field of trade, giving the possibility to assemble large amounts of data; stresses that the Union’s new Digital Strategy should embrace trade as a key sector that could revolutionise itself thanks to artificial intelligence;