4 Amendments of Fiona HALL related to 2011/2115(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that export taxes are one of the few remaininga trade policy tools at the disposal of developing countries with whichhich can be used to pursue development goals; urges the EU to refrain from attempting to ban the use of export taxes for Least Developed Countries at the WTO and in bilateral trade agreements and Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), as it would limit their policy space to use this tool for value-addition, diversification, infant industry protection, food security, revenue and environmental considerations;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that higher intellectual property (IP) standards negotiated within bilateral trade agreements may erode the flexibilities available to developing countries under the multilateral IP protection regime; calls on the EU fully to respect TRIPS flexibilities, especially those relating to public health and access to medicines, so as to leave the developing countries policy space to address public interest concerns;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Deplores the use of trade and investment barriers in green goods by some major emerging countries; notes that such barriers represent an impediment to the growth of a genuinely global market in green and renewable technologies, and calls on the Commission to apply further pressure on major trading partners to liberalise green goods within the Doha negotiations; considers that the removal of such barriers should be a major aim of the Commission’s forthcoming proposal on third country access to public procurement;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the fact that, in spite of opposition from developing countries, the EU is pushing for binding liberalisation commitments in General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) negotiations, therebywhich could undermininge the development of the developing countries’ domestic services; calls on the EU fully to respect flexibility mechanisms in the GATS; highlights the fact that without a comprehensive assessment of trade in services, developing countries are unable to assess the costs and benefits of GATS liberalisation;