3 Amendments of Marian HARKIN related to 2009/2219(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that, whilst working effectively with the ILO and other treaty bodies, the Commission should continue to meet its responsibility to evaluate the impact of trade negotiations on social, environmental and human rights and to consult trade unions and environmental and social NGOs in a transparent manner throughout the process of negotiating and implementing trade agreements, guaranteeing them a clear right to raise violaconcerns or objections;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the use of Sustainability Impact Assessments, but deplores failures to act fully on their findings, as in west Africa; in the case of Colombia and the wider Latin American regions; emphasises the EU's leverage to pursue concrete improvements in respect for human rights, labour stand human rightsards, sustainable development and good governance in advance of trade agreements, as well as during their implementation;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises that current and future trade agreements are being negotiated in the context of an economic depression; that off-shoring accounts for a high proportion of job losses; and that EU trade policy should seek to prevent an excessiv disproportionate or over-rapid decline in EU market share and employment levels in any given sector and ensure greater market access for EU exporters; calls for trade agreements to be concluded in the light of the scope for the EU's Globalisation Adjustment Fund to provide adequate assistance towards restructuring;