6 Amendments of Ska KELLER related to 2012/2224(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages developing countries to incorporate the goal of economicsustainable development into all their national policies, strategies and initiatives; asks the Commission to work on building up governments' capacity to incorporate issues linked to sustainable economic development into their national trade strategies and programmesdevelopment, including the reduction of social inequality, into their national trade strategies and programmes, as well as on better involving and consulting civil society in policy-making;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges countries in receipt of trade development aid to mobilise their own domestic resources, including human capital, alongside this; hopes that in cases where these countries derive their income from the exploitation of natural resources, the Commission will target its action at supporting transparent and sustainable exploitation of said resources and will support DCs and LDCs to reduce their dependency on the export of natural resources by eliminating tariff escalation practices and accepting the application of export duties as a fundamental source of revenue to finance domestic development and economic policies;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the European Union's trade and investment development aid tools, in particular the revised Generalised Scheme of Preferences and the economic partnership agreements, are effective; stresses nonetheless that trade aidtools supporting development cannot be reduced to these instruments alone and urges the Commission to increase the share of its total aid budget that is allocated to technical assistance;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges the Commission to assess the impact of trade agreements on regional integration and erosion of preferences; deplores the approach of Global Europe that has translated into broad EPAs going well beyond development goals;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Asks the Commission to include a binding CSR clause in all bilateral trade and investment agreements signed by the EU, as defined and acknowledged at the international level, while unifying the existing variety of different standards and concepts in order to ensure comparability, fairness and trust; suggests that it contains measures for the implementation and regular objective monitoring of these principles and measures that insure better compliance;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Recommends that the Commission negotiate the inclusion of actually enforceable human rights provisions in all future bilateral trade and cooperation agreements, in order to really contribute to a rights-based approach to development;