5 Amendments of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2010/2301(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Draws attention to the temptation for European enterprises to relocate their operations to China in order to cut their costs and increase their profits, to the detriment of the EU workforce and with disregard for emissions reduction targets and for EU social and employment standards; calls for an EU-China trade policy to be developed that enables cooperation and the economic and social development of both parties;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that the majority of direct foreign investment from the EU in Chinese industry is due in large part to low labour force costs, while most of the European companies that invest in China use that country as a low labour cost production platform to export goods to third country markets, especially in Asia, and back to Europe; this partly explains the EU’s trade deficit with China, with many of the products imported into the EU from China being produced by European firms or by direct subcontractors of those firms;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the challenges presented by China are those of implementing an ambitious EU industrial policy based on stringent standards, strengthening anti-dumping measures, adopting a more balanced approach to public procurement, pursuing research and innovation, respecting intellectual property rules and promoting the green economy; points out that such an industrial policy will be effective only if it is developed at the EU level, and that it will be impossible to generate a coherent EU approach to China on the basis of separate national approaches;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the weak protection of intellectual property rights limits the involvement of European companies both in direct foreign investment and joint ventures, and in the transfer of high technology and technology modernisation; calls on the Commission to promote, in the context of EU-China relations, the protection of intellectual property rights and improved conditions for direct investment and joint ventures, so that European hi-tech firms are able to invest in China;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that China is the world leader in the installation of wind farms, that Chinese and Indian manufacturers of wind turbines are in the top ten such manufacturers, and that China currently produces a large proportion of the world’s photovoltaic panels; calls on the Commission and Member States to take measures to promote the development and eco-efficient production, in the EU, of those technologies and of the new, innovative technologies needed to achieve ambitious targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions;