25 Amendments of Kathleen VAN BREMPT related to 2019/2197(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas on 30 April the EU together with eighteen WTO members formally notified the ‘Multi-party interim appeal arbitration arrangement’ (MPIA) to the WTO; whereas this notification marks the start of the application of the MPIA to disputes arising between the participating WTO members in view of the stalemate of the Appellate Body (AB).
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas on 14 March2020 the Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/402 under an urgency procedure to make the export of personal protective equipment subject to export authorisation in line with Regulation (EU) 2015/479 as a temporary measure that serves to help the EU face the surge in demand and prepare the EU's operational capacity to help out third countries.
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas many countries impose tariffs on medical devices including patient monitors, diagnostic equipment and common medicines like antibiotics, painkillers, or insulin and virtually all countries charge import tariffs on soap; whereas tariffs have been exacerbated by the United States decision to impose additional duties on USD 370 billion in imports from China which include some aspects of PPE;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas G20 Trade Ministers have committed to mitigate the impacts of COVID19 on international trade and investment by continuing to working together to deliver a free, fair, non discriminatory, transparent, predictable and stable trade and investment environment, and by keep our markets open to ensure the continued flow of vital medical supplies and equipment, critical agricultural products, and other essential goods and services across border.
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that it is a critical moment for multilateralism and for the globDeeply regrets the impasse of the WTO and the multilateral trading system;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a substantive reform of on the Commission to work with the other WTO, based on members to carry forward an ambitious reform to modernisinge its rule- book in order to make it more effective by providing structural and long-term solutions; encoto ensure a true level playing field for trading companies, respectful of social and environmental standards; urages WTO members to reach an ambitious and balanced agreement on the long-standing issue of fishery subsidies during the ministerial summit in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan and send out a clear signal that the WTO is still able to deliver on its negotiating functionthe Commission, in this respect, to negotiate new rules to fight trade - distortive practices, including non market policies and practices, SOEs and industrial subsides, leading to overcapacity, forced technology transfer policies and practices;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Urges WTO members to reach an ambitious and balanced agreement on the long-standing issue of fishery subsidies during the next ministerial summit and send out a clear signal that the WTO is still able to deliver on its negotiating function new recalls the importance of functional dispute settlement arbitration court for EU industry; regrets the current impasse of the WTO dispute settlement body;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls for the adoption of a global catalogue of essential emergency healthcare products within the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), in order to stop price speculation and facilitate their trade; strongly encourages all countries to join the WTO Pharmaceutical Tariff Elimination Agreement (Zero for Zero) and for its scope to be extended to all pharmaceutical and medicinal products to ensure worldwide cross-border trade; calls on WTO members to make this topic a priority on the agenda of the next WTO Ministerial Meeting;1b _________________ 1bEuropean Parliament resolution of 17 April 2020 on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences (2020/2616(RSP))
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Recalls that emergency trade measures designed to tackle COVID-19, if deemed necessary, must be targeted, proportionate, transparent, and temporary, and that they shall not create unnecessary barriers to trade or disruption to global supply chains, are consistent with WTO rules;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Welcomes the multi-party interim appeal arbitration arrangement (MPIA), a new system that will allow the EU, together with other participating WTO members, to over come the current paralysis of the WTO’s Appellate Body and solve trade disputes amongst themselves;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Welcomes the progress on negotiations for the Multilateral Investment Court; notes that the International Court System, ICS, is intended to be a stepping stone towards the MIC; regrets the extremely slow progress of Member States dismantling intra-EUBITs; urges the Commission to take action where appropriate;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes note ofDeeply regrets the dramatic change in the US trade strategy over the past three years, which is focused on bilateral trade and often legally questionable unilateral trade measures; takes note of the limited progress made towards implementing the joint US-EU Statement of 25 July 2018; stresses the importance of relaunching the EU-US talks on the basis of the existing negotiating mandates adopted in April 2019 by the Council;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that despite recent tensions in transatlantic relations, the EU should continue to work with the USA as a partner, with whom it has to find solutions to trade issues of common interest;, such as the effects of the extra-territorial application of laws adopted by the US, which are contrary to international law.
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Invites the Commission to find negotiated solutions with the USA, which include the issue of civil aircraft subsidies, and to reach a deal to ending the illegal imposition of US steel and aluminium tariffs; recalls the agreement found on the allocation of higher share in the tariff rate quota for high-quality beef with the purpose of reducing tensions in transatlantic relations while safeguarding EU interests in the agricultural sector; recalls its previous calls on the US to withdraw the anti-dumping and countervailing duties on ripe olives from Spain.
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the entry into force of the EU-Singapore trade agreement of 21 November 2019; welcomes its consent onprogress towards implementation of the EU- Vietnam agreement and calls for its quick implementacontinued speedy progress, notably in the establishment of joint institutions and the ratification of outstanding core ILO Conventions; views these agreements as a step towards concluding an FTA with the entire Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls its position expressed in its previous report on the implementation of the CCP; underlines that the 15-point action plan of 27 February 20188 set out by the Commission services represents a good basis for reflection in order to impropoints out that the new- generation agreements include human rights clauses and sustainable development chapters, to be implemented comprehensively in their entirety in order to safeguard and promote the observance of human rights, the Union’s values and high labour, social and environmental standards; notes the evaluation of the sustainable development chapters included in the Commission report on implementation of FTAs and calls for a timely implementation of existing TSD provisions; asks the Commission to develop a precise and specific methodology of monitoring and evaluating the implementation of these chapters, given the mechanisms in trade andat such an evaluation cannot be made on the basis of quantitative data only; calls on the Commission to present proposals on how to strengthen the enforcement of the sustainable development (TSD) chapters; _________________ 8 https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/inde x.cfm?id=1803 in trade agreements, in light of the initiative launched by DG JUST for mandatory due diligence for EU companies, including the consideration of mandatory due diligence in EU trade agreements and a sanctions- based enforcement mechanism among other options.
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. BWelievcomes that the current system already demonstrates some efficiency, as seen in the framework of the EU-Korea FTA in which the EU has requested the establishment of a panele establishment of a panel at the request of the EU under the EU-Korea FTA following South Korea’s failure to ratify International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions on workers’ rights, notably on freedom of association and collective bargaining;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Believes that TSD chapters in trade agreements should drive the external dimension of the European Green Deal, and any new adjustment mechanism should be compatible with WTO rules as well as EU FTAs; stresses that EU companies that are users of intermediate goods should not be put at a competitive disadvantage;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Calls on EU leaders and the Commission to take bold decisions regarding the reform of the EU own resources system, including the introduction of a basket of new own resources; reaffirms its position, as set out in the MFF interim report, regarding the list of potential candidates for new own resources: a common consolidated corporate tax base, digital services taxation, a financial transaction tax, income from the emissions trading scheme, a plastics contribution and a WTO compatible carbon border adjustment mechanism;1c _________________ 1cEuropean Parliament resolution of 15 May 2020 on the new multiannual financial framework, own resources and the recovery plan (2020/2631(RSP))
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. notes there is currently a massive increase in steel imports from China and other third countries which severely affects the European industry and endangers a high number of jobs; highlights that the review process of the current safeguard measures on imports of steel products needs to reduce the existing quotas in accordance with the imported overcapacities and abolish the possibility of transferring unused quotas;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30 b. Reiterates the necessity to level the playing field between European industries, that implement ambitious climate, environmental, ecological and social standards, and those trade partners that do not pursue the same high standards; therefore, a WTO-compatible Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism that enhances global climate action and protects European industries from unfair competition is urgently needed;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Notes that the EU trade and investment policy should be used as leverage towards responsible management of supply chains, which include ensuring that businesses uphold human rightseffective due diligence in supply chains must be central to EU trade and investment policy in order to uphold human rights, labour rights and environmental standards and ensure access to justice; recalls that voluntary measures have been largely ineffective; welcomes commitments from the Commission that it will present a legislative proposal by 2021;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Recalls that the efforts to keep rules-based trade must play a crucial role in our trade strategy and in this context recalls the adoption on the modernisation of trade defence instruments in 2018, and the new foreign investment screening mechanism; stresses that the new foreign investment screening mechanism should never be a tool for protectionism; ;calls on the Commission for an effective TDIs enforcement to protect European industry from unfair market practices and for the evaluation and reinforcement of the safeguard instruments in order to make them more responsive to extraordinary circumstances and better adapted to protect European industry by effectively anticipating market disruptions from trade flow;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Calls on the Council for a rapid and swift agreement on the International Procurement Instrument in order to provide legal security, reciprocity and a level playing field to EU operators; calls for the inclusion of a global catalogue of essential emergency healthcare products to avoid in the future abuses by third country providers' in international trade during a global pandemic;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Points out that the share of trade in services in the overall trade picture is underestimated; stresses that the EU is by far the world’s biggest exporter of services and that services represent about 70 % %of the EU’s gross domestic product (GDP); highlights in particular the relative resilience of trade in services during the COVID-19 crisis and underlines its role in the economic recovery in Europe;