4 Amendments of Jan ZAHRADIL related to 2017/2036(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that EU foreign trade policy does not provide any trade preferences for Cuba, and that Cuba was removed from the list of countries benefiting from the EU’'s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), stresses furthermore that trade is only moderately important to Cuba's economy, the values of exports and imports taken together equals 26,4 percent of GDP;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to modernise the Cuban economic system with regard to trade liberalisation, foreign direct investment, diversification of exports, economic and financial investments, technological innovation, private employment and overall market freedoms; emphasises the importance of the cuentapropistas, and of private initiatives, for the Cuban economy and agricultural sector;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of the measures that the Cuban authorities have adopted in recent months to encourage free enterprise and economic liberalisation in general, underlines, however, that excessive bureaucracy and lack of regulatory transparency continue to limit trade and investment;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the Cuban economy is highly dependent on significant oil subsidies from Venezuela and on external assistance such as remittances from Cubans living abroad;