10 Amendments of Christofer FJELLNER related to 2010/2152(INI)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission to deliver such a forecast as a basis and to present a revised mid-and long-term trade strategy by summer 2012, as the Communication on Trade Growth and World affairs fails to do so;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates that all new FTAs concluded by the EU should be WTO-compatible, comprehensive, ambitious, lead to real reciprocal market access and go beyond both existing multilateral commitments and those expected to result from a successful conclusion of the DDA; welcomes the progress made in some negotiations; at the same time regrets that most of the negotiations have not been concluded yet; asks the Commission to analyse what could be done or changed in order to conclude outstanding FTA negotiations better and faster; asks the Commission to analyse the possibility of including WTO dispute settlement mechanisms in bilateral Free Trade Agreements;lso asks the Commission to reduce the spaghetti-bowl effect, e.g. by negotiating multilateral rules of origin;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets that in all high-level dialogueStresses the importance of making progress in our commercial relations with our major trading partners such as the US, China, Japan and Russia only a little progress has been achieved inaimed at eliminating tariff and non-tariff barriers, in particular in respect of technical standards, intellectual property rights, market access, public procurement and supply of raw materials; urges the Commission to enhance its efforts towards successful progress in our trade relations with these countrieregrets, however, that insufficient progress has been made so far in these areas and therefore urges the Commission to enhance its efforts and encourages our trading partners to do the same;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates thatStresses the importance of continuing with the strengthening of transatlantic economic relations must proceed; regrets that little progress has been achieved; emphasises in particular the importance of achieving more progress in the world’s biggest trade relationship, in particular in respect of standards and technical barriers to trade; welcomes the re launching of the TEC and encourages the parties to the TEC to strive for an integrated transatlantic marketplace in the very near future;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. NotesWelcomes the fact that Parliament is interested in improving the EU-Japan trade relationship by focusing on removing non- tariff barriers to trade and investment as a first step; is not satisfied with the negligiblehopes for rapid progress in thisese area during recent years; asks the Commission to present Parliament in due course with a comprehensive impact assessment with the possible advantages and disadvantages of an EU-Japan FTA before making any commits and considers that this should open the way to beginning negotiations on a free trade agreements;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. ReiteraNotes that the pursuit of further trade liberalisation makes it all the more necessary for the EU to preserve itsstill requires an ability to protect itoneself against unfair trading practices; regards Trade Defence Instruments (TDI) therefore as an indispensableas an important component of the EU’s strategy; welcomes all efforts to streamline its TDI procedures and accessibility for Union industry, especially SMEsthese instruments, including by improving transparency, predictability and respect for the EU’s general economic interest when TDIs are to be applied;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Demands that the Commission forcedo its utmost to ensure that our trading partners to grant better market access to our service providers, bearing in mind that the EU internal market is already quite open to foreign service providers; notes, however, that some public services have to remain excluded on the basis of national or regional cultural diversities;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Asks that the Commission work towards positive reciprocal access in that important economic sector, bearing in mind that the clear priority in reciprocal access is not to close our markets, but to open up foreign public procurement markets; agrees that the introduction of deliberately targeted restrictions against selected non-GPA-countries on access to parts of the EU procurement market may be needed to encourage positive reciprocity;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Is critical of emergency trade aid for countries hit by natural disasters;Stresses that trade is one of the most important instruments to enable countries hit by natural disasters and conflicts to rebuild their economies; asks the Commission is asked to present concrete examples of measures which could bring relief to an emergency in the short term instead of onlyas well as measures that could havinge an impact on mid- and long-term development. before asking Parliament’s consent for such measures;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Urges the Commission to not only complain about the unacceptable behaviour of some trading partners, but also to react in a stringent and proper way, for instance by withdrawing GSP benefits in the event of a GSP beneficiary country making use of unfair trade practices; reminds the Commission of the fact that, besides trade policy, there are other policies such as environment, development, research and foreign affairs that have to support a joint policy on raw materials supply;