Activities of Heide RÜHLE related to 2010/2152(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a New Trade Policy for Europe under the EUROPE2020 Strategy
Amendments (5)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the Single Market Act proposal on regulatory convergence with the EU's major trading partners and the development of international standards to ensure high- level social, environmental, fair trade and consumer protection levels; stresses in particular that themes such as standardisation, mutual recognition, services and public procurement, should be at the heart of FTA negotiations;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the significant importance of relations with the USA; welcomes the Commission strategy of relaunching the Transatlantic Economic Council, focusing on the evolution of future technologies and the development of standards in key areas such as low-carbonenergy-efficient technologies;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and Council to promote international standardisation and the removal of unjustified non-tariff barriers to trade, and to further engage with major trading partners, particularly with China, on consumer product safety, and with Japan, paying special attention to removing non- tariff barriersunjustified non-tariff barriers; regards as unjustified all barriers resulting from the incoherent implementation of bilateral and multilateral trade rules; instead regards as justified all barriers resulting from the legitimate legislative and administrative activity of public authorities originating in other than trade scopes but having unintended consequences on trade, whose removal must be subject to public consultation and deliberation;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that public procurement accounts for a significant and growing share of global GDP, and furthermore offers untapped new growth opportunities for innovative businesses; regrets that the public procurement markets of the EU's major trading partners are not as open, and calls on the Commission to promote increased access for EU companurges the Commission to provide data regarding the level of openness of public procurement and to ensure reciprocity with other industrialised countries and major emerging economies;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that innovation and identifying competitive advantage are crucial to the EU in a global economy where competitiveness is often based on cheap labour costs,; stresses the need to transform the EU’s trade policy into a true vehicle for sustainable development and accordingly urges the Commission to propose initiatives to support the development of hi-tech and green technologies, products, and services. and the creation of more and better jobs in these areas;