5 Amendments of Richard HOWITT related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the United States is the EU's key strategic partner; stresses that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is the most significant recent EU-US project and will reinvigorate the transatlantic partnership as a whole, beyond its trade aspects; emphasises that its successful conclusion is of high geopolitical importance at a moment when the US is pivoting to Asia and concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership; underlines that the TTIP willmay have a positive impact on jobs and growth for the two economies, which have both been hit by the crisis; notes, however, that this is by no means certain; the Commission should work with trade unions and employers to develop training which will allow the workforce to reskill in light of the labour market impact of TTIP; the Commission should make clear how the Globalisation Adjustment Fund will be used to support this process;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Stresses that it is crucial for the Parties in TTIP to commit to the ratification and the full and effective implementation of the eight core conventions of the ILO; notes that these labour rights must be enforceable through a monitoring process that has the full involvement of trade unions and is backed up with sanctions as the final penalty; emphasises that TTIP should moreover be used to create a gold standard for labour rights in future trade agreements;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the TTIP's strategic importance in strengthening and shaping global trade and economic governance based on the values shared by the EU and the US, particularly in an increasingly multipolar world; notes that its impact would go beyond the bilateral implications by facilitating the establishment of common regulations and rules that could later be adopted at global level; notes that consequently TTIP should secure a high level of labour protection and should also preserve adequate policy space for governments to protect essential goods, such as agriculture, in order to prevent developing countries from being adversely affected by the deal; notes that, to this end, TTIP must exempt public services from the market access and investment protection chapters so foreign investors are not able to challenge Member States for introducing new regulations for public protection; notes that ISDS should not be in the agreement as this establishes an unaccountable, commercially driven court system that will have a chilling effect on the introduction of new regulations;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that both parties in TTIP must make an engagement to encourage companies to respect the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises; notes that parties should work with unions to monitor MNEs adherence to these Guidelines;
Amendment 762 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
(xiv) to ensure that foreign investors are treated in a non-discriminatory fashion and have a fair opportunity to seek and achieve redress of grievances, which can be achieved withoutle benefiting from no greater rights than domestic investors; to oppose the inclusion of an ISDS mechanism; such a mechanism is not necessary in TTIP given the EU’s and the US’ developed legal systems; a state-to- state dispute settlement system and the use of national courts are the most appropriate tools to address investment disputin TTIP, as other options to enforce investment protection are available, such as domestic remedies;