Activities of Emmanuel MAUREL related to 2021/2200(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Indo-Pacific strategy in the area of trade and investment
Amendments (25)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 a (new)
Citation 35 a (new)
— having regard to the Paris Agreement on climate change of 12 December 2015 and the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal (COM(2019)0640),
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 b (new)
Citation 35 b (new)
— having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular the 17 Sustainable Development Goals,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU currently has four bilateral trade agreements in place in the region (with Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam) and five strategic partnerships (with ASEAN, China, India, Japan and South Korea)India, Japan, South Korea and China); whereas the objectives of that last partnership, dating from 2003, were to ‘support China’s transition to an open society’ and ‘to help China meet its WTO commitments’; whereas in 2019 the EU redefined China as a ‘systemic rival’;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the United States withdrew from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership is an open, 21st century trade agreement that aims to secure a level playing field and rules-based trade environment in the Indo-Pacific and provides a model of regional trade integration; whereas the US withdrew from the agreement in January 2017 while China formally submitted a request to accede in September 2021;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – led by ASEAN and signed as well by Australia, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and New Zealand – entered into force in January 2022, thereby creating the world’s largest trading blocarea; whereas the RCEP stands to promote greater regional cooperation in trade and investment and in digital trade while addressing regulatory issues to ease cross- border movemainly comprises the elimination of tariffs and harmonised rules of origin, but no tangible clauses on employment, working conditions, social rights and the environments; while including only limited provisionereas, however, the agreement lacks oan labour and environmentinvestor- state dispute settlement mechanism;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has accelerated a number of geopolitical trends that were already under way; whereas it also highlighted the need for international cooperation; whereas it has also shown vulnerabilities in the global supply chains and has made clear the need for more diversificationEurope to change the global supply chain architecture in order to be more resilient and less dependent; whereas this crisis has also abruptly interrupted economic development and poverty reduction in many parts of the world, including the Indo-Pacific region; whereas its lasting consequences mean the role of states needs to be maintained and extended in order to pursue policies tailored to the needs of economic recovery and social and environmental progress;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Wwelcomes the EU strategy for’s willingness to cooperation ine with the Indo-Pacific, which identifies trade as a priority; believes its main focus on inclusiveness and cooperation is essential region; calls for the EU’s strategic approach and engagement with the Indo-Pacific region to be developed based on the multilateral, rules-based international order with a modernised World Trade Organization at its core, based on the principles of open environment for trade and investment, a level playing field,and the principles of reciprocity and mutual benefiinterest; stresses that this new approach should constitute a fundamental reorientation based on shared interests as the region is vital to EU prosperitythat are vital to our common prosperity, most notably peace, development, raising living standards and fighting for a high-quality environment;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to work closely with its Indo-Pacific like-minded partners to reinforce value chains by strengthening and diversify, while aiming to restructure value chains by revising trade relations in order to reduce strategic dependencies in critical supply chains, with a particular focus on technologies and raw materials, by working towards the full implementation and better enforcement of existing trade agreements, by finalising ongoing trade negotiations and by developing cooperation in strategic sectors; underlines the importance of working together with like-minded Indo-Pacific countries on establishing technical standards, to further promote the EU as a global standard-setter;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the substantial growth in bilateral trade between the EU and South Korea since the FTA entered into force in 2011; is pleased with the recentNotes that EU exports to South Korea since the FTA entered into force in 2011 have increased in the automotive and agri-food sectors but have fallen in sectors such as capital goods, machine tools and shipbuilding; notes the delayed steps taken by South Korea in respect of the ratification and implementation ofof the International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions No 29, No 87 and No 98 and is now awaiting their effective implementation; calls on South Korea to take the necessary steps to ratify the outstanding ILO Convention No 105; supports further cooperation between the EU and South Korea on semiconductors;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the remaining EU Member States to proceed with the internal ratification of the EU-Singapore IPA, signed in October 2018, in particular given the importance of Singapore as the EU’s largest FDI destination in Asia, with EU FDI stocks in Singapore amounting to EUR 256 billion at the end of 2020; calls on Singapore to make increased efforts towards ratifying and implementing the fundamental ILO conventions;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement has been instrumental in creating more sustainable trade; welcomes the increase in the preference utilisation rates for EU exports to Japan in(JEFTA) has generated very small mutual gains and that the Commission itself acknowledged before its approval that its impact in terms of employment would be negligible and that it would not exceed 0.14% of GDP by 20230; underlines that further progress is needed in the implementation of the agreement, in particular as regards the utilisation rates of tariff rate quotas opened by Japan for EU exporters, the liberalisation of trade in services andnotes that Article 16.4.5 of the JEFTA places restrictions on the adoption of measures implementing multilateral environmental agreements; stresses that the implementation of the agreement requires the ratification of ILO Conventions No 105 and No 111; .
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Call on the Member States to ratify the EU-Vietnam IPA so that it enters into force and creates favourable conditions to boost EU investment in Vietnam and in the region, in particular in areas promoting green transformation and the circular economy; uUrges Vietnam to guarantee a full implementation of the sanitary and phytosanitary provisions; invites Vietnam to complete its key labour reforms in accordance with the agreement and to swiftly ensure the ratification of ILO Convention No 87 by 2023;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 110 #
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the decision to resume negotiationestablishment of permanent structures between the EU and India, such as high-level dialogues oin a comprehensive trade agreement with India and supports, as an intermediate and positive sseveral sectors; considers that, given the geopolitical context, the unchanged relationship between India and Russia and the reiterated willingness of the former to procure hydrocarbons and weapons from the lattepr, the conclusion of a stand-alone IPA and possibly of an agreement on geographical indications; welcomes the establishment of permanent structures such as high-level dialogues in several sectoa deepening of the EU’s economic relations with India will be founded on bases other than a comprehensive trade agreement and could possibly be achieved by an agreement on geographical indications and intellectual property, or even the removal of certain non-tariff barriers;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the need for the EU to pursue its multifaceted engagement with China, especially in this geopoStresses that any deepening of the EU-China dialogue should be conditional on the liftically challenging global context; stresses that it is important to continue enng of trade sanctions agaging bilaterally to promote solutions to common challenges and to cooperate on issues of common interestst Lithuania;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges that the discussions on the ratification of the Comprehensive Investment Agreement between the EU and China have been put on hold in the European Parliament for the moment; believes, however, that despite our differences we should continue to maintain dialogue at all levels and through various channels to be able to understand each others positis no longer relevant; urges China to end the trade sanctions imposed on Lithuania; believes that such practices are unacceptable and that the way in which the EU has opted to resolve this serionus and in particular to find a way out of the present situationdispute — by means of a complaint to the WTO — is not appropriate;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is looking forward toDemands that the agenda for the EU-China Summit taking place in April 2022; trusts that it will contribute to calming the recently escalating trade and geopolitical tensions between both parties, that it will allow progress towards developing a much more balanced economic relationship based on reciprocity and that it will help to resolve the crisis linked to prioritise the lifting of sanctions imposed on EU policymakers, including mMembers of the European Parliament;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the EU to launch a structured dialogue with Taiwan on cooperating in green technology and digital economy, including the semiconductor industry, with a view to signing a memorandum of understanding that benefits both the EU and Taiwan; repeats that the Commission should begin an impact assessment, public consultation and scoping exercise on a bilateral investment agreement with Taiwan in preparation for negotiations to deepen bilateral economic ties, in line with the CJEU opinion of 6 March 2018 on the incompatibility with EU law of arbitration clauses concerning investor-state disputes, in preparation for negotiations to deepen bilateral economic ties;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. WelcomesNotes the recent progress in negotiations on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with Indonesia and renewed commitment by both sides to conclude this agreement; stresses that according to the Commission, the agreement could bring 2.3 % growth to the GDP of Indonesia by 2032; stresses the imperative of never facilitating trade in products that cause environmental damage, particularly the palm oil trade, which exacerbates deforestation and leads to numerous violations of fundamental human rights;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets the factNotes that negotiations on a bilateral trade and investment agreement with Philippines, which started in 2015, have been put on hold; acknowledges that negotiations should only resume once the worrying and critical situation concerning human rights and the rule of law in Philippines has improvedsuspended and that they will not be able to resume until the situation concerning human rights and the rule of law in Philippines has substantially improved; recalls that on 16 February 2022 Parliament adopted a resolution urging the Commission to immediately initiate the procedure which could lead to the temporary withdrawal of GSP+ preferences in the absence of substantial improvements and a willingness to cooperate on the part of the Philippine authorities;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Regrets the fact that negotiations on a bilateral trade and investment agreement with Malaysia have been put on hold since 2012; invites the Malaysian authorities to take a position on the possible resumption of negotiations on a bilateral trade and investment agreement and invites both parties to take stock of the findings of the sustainability impact assessment;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for further engagement with ASEAN and its member states and for the development and promotion of the EU- ASEAN strategic partnership; calls on both sides to use the momentum of the planned EU-ASEAN Summit in 2022, on the occasion of 45th anniversary of the EU- ASEAN bilateral relationship, to present a new EU-ASEAN action plan for the upcoming period to promote increased multifaceted cooperation in key areas and explore the possibility of resuming negotiations of a region-to-region trade agreement once the conditions in terms of human rights and democracy are to the EU’s standards;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a new strategicEU approach towards the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership as a core element of the EU’s Indo-Pacific strategy, stresses that closer cooperation would allow the EU to reap important economic benefits with regard to possible welfare gains, diversification of supply chains and reduction of strategic dependencies, and would give the EU the opportunity toin the Indo-Pacific region, with closer cooperation in the digital sector based on the promotion of democracy and the implementation of effective regulatory mechanisms focusing on respect for peoples and individuals, respect for intellectual property, the fight against countinue to shape standards in the Indo-Pacific regionerfeiting and dangerous products and a reduction in energy borrowing;