13 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2018/2084(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, adopted by the United Nations' General Assembly on the 1st of May, 19741a; __________________ 1a http://www.un- documents.net/s6r3201.htm
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to the Joint statement of the 20th EU-China Summit, establishing a joint working group on WTO reform, chaired at Vice-Ministerial level;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas since its creation, the WTO has played a pivotal role in strengthening multilateralism, promoting an inclusive world economic order and fostering an open, rule-based and non- discriminatory multilateral trading system; whereas the WTO members were recognizing that their relations in the field of trade and economic endeavour should be conducted with a view to raising standards of living, ensuring full employment and a large and steadily growing volume of real income and effective demand, and expanding the production of and trade in goods and services, while allowing for the optimal use of the world's resources in accordance with the objective of sustainable development, seeking both to protect and preserve the environment and to enhance the means for doing so in a manner consistent with their respective needs and concerns at different levels of economic development;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas scientific evidence indicates that a continued expansion of the production of and the trade in goods is unsustainable; whereas the WTO should redefine its role in a global post-growth economic scenario;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU has consistently advocated a strong, multilateral, rule-based approach to trade, as the EU economy is high, and workers and consumers in the EU and its partners, are increasingly integrated with global value chains and depends on predictable developments in international trade for both imports and exports, and in social and environmental conditions;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas 10 December 2018, marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights; whereas its Article 28 states that Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized; whereas Article 30 states that “Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein”.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its full commitment to the enduring value of multilateralism and calls for a trade agenda based on free, fair and rule-based trade for the benefit of all, which supports the sustainable development agenda by including social, environmental and human rights, and ensuring that multilateracontributes to peace, security, the sustainable development of the Earth through achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, solidarity and mutual respect among peoples, eradication of poverty and the protection of human rights, in particular the rights of the child, as welly agreed and harmonised rules are uniformly applied to all;s to the strict observance and the development of international law, including respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter.
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that it is now a matter of urgency to proceed to the modernisation of the WTO in the light of the latest developments, and to fundamentally review several aspects of the functioning of the WTO with a view to increasing both its effectiveness and its legitimacy; underlines that this legitimacy must be derived also from the organisation's contribution to master the most pressing global environmental and social challenges; considers, in this perspective, that other WTO members, in particular our major trading partners, should be involved in the debate from the beginning;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomeConsiders in this regard the mandate given by the European Council to the Commission on 28-29 June 2018, and supports the approach outlined in the conclusions insufficient;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Shares the view that, as a way to address the root causes of the current crisis, it is necessary for the WTO to develop new rules to address current gaps in the rulebook in order to ldevel the playing asop a well differentiated and balanced approach regardsing subsidies, and state-owned enterprises, investmenttaking due consideration of different levels of economic development, and strategic development interests of societies; to improve and ease the use of instruments to combat social and environmental dumping; to define rules governing the obligations for investors after market access; and regulatory barriers to services and investment; believes that in order to remain relevant, the WTO also needs to address new challenges in areas such as:to safeguard the right to regulate of governments, including in the event of erecting necessary regulatory barriers and monitoring mechanisms to services and investment; believes that in order to remain relevant, the WTO also needs to support the creation of the necessary regulatory framework to cope with technological developments, including e- commerce;, digital trade;, 3D-printing and global value chains; public procurement; domestic regulation for services;, with an emphasis on supporting the ILO Decent Work Agenda, tax justice, and the protection and enforcement of individual rights; underlines that public procurement shall be exercised in the best interest of the respective tax-payers; expresses its support for a positive list approach regarding the liberalisation of services, including the legitimacy of domestic regulation for services in the interest of the people; emphasises the reform needs to increase the local, regional, and global market share of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs); and greater compatibilitystresses the need for policy coherence between trade, labour and environmental agendas; welcomes, in this regard, the joint statements that were adopted in Buenos Aires on e-commerce, domestic regulation, investment facilitation and women’s economic empowerment, as well as the work that has been done on these issues since then;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Understands that the WTO's pursuit of global harmonisation of an extensive range of national rules had brought considerable strain among Members, contributing to the failure of the Seattle and Cancun Ministerial Conferences; stresses the importance to find a balance between objective needs relating to globalisation, and local interests by recognizing and preserving local regulatory autonomies; stresses the need to provide for flexibility also in the implementation of mandatory WTO requirements, and to be responsive to differences in national capacity, also by providing for international assistance;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines the urgent need to review the growth-centred economic development approach pursued in the WTO, and to promote trade patterns that are reducing climate-relevant emissions, reflect awareness of the need to reduce resource consumption, and support differentiated approaches for sectors requiring de-growth and other sectors requiring expansion, while being fully aware of the needs and rights of the global population living in poverty or disadvantaged conditions;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), of the Paris Agreement commitments in the fight against climate change, and that both should become the main benchmark by measuring the success of the role which trade can play in contributing towards their achievement; underlines that beyond the negotiations on fisheries subsidies, the WTO must now define the more concrete action that needs to be taken in this regard to protect marine life;