33 Amendments of Yannick JADOT related to 2010/2301(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the trade imbalances between the EU and China broadly reflect their differing social, economic, demographic and democratic models; takes the view and that the limited or non-existent degree of respect for certain rights – in particular social rights – in China is a contributing factor; encourages, therefore, dialogueacknowledges the fact that some efforts are being made in this area, but considers that they do not go far enough; encourages, therefore, critical dialogue and constructive engagement between the two partners;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the challenges presented by ChinaChina poses for the EU are those of implementing an ambitious EU industrial policy based on stringent standards, strengthening anti-dumping measures, adopting a more ambitious and balanced approach to public procurement, pursuing research and innovation and promoting the green economy;, and points out that such an industrial policy will be effective only if it is developed and implemented at the EU level, and that it will be, as things stand today, it is impossible to generate a coherent and effective EU approach to China on the basis of separatepurely national approaches to trade matters;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that public procurement forms the basis for a coherent, sustainable and innovative EU industrial policy; notes that China will secure market economy status in 2016 and calls on the Commission to propose ways of retaining trade defence mechanisms after 2016, in particular for innovative European SMEs;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the divergent social, economic, and democratic models in China and in the EU, as well as their respective demographics and natural resources, play a large role in the trade imbalances between the two regions;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the challenge posed by China is more industrial than commercial, and requires Europe to implement an ambitious Europe-wide industrial policy, given that purely national approaches do not permit a cohesive Community approach towards China;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas the participants of the last United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban did not reach a binding agreement, and that countries' commitments concerning greenhouse gas reduction are not sufficient, given the urgency in terms of climate change to limit the increase in temperatures to two degrees during the 21st century;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that, as the world's largest market, the EU must also continue to be the world leader in terms of developing standards, in particular in strategic areas; encourages, therefore, all forms of cooperation between China and the EU in international negotiations on standards; calls, therefore, for all goods in circulation on the internal market strictly to comply with EU social, environmental and health protection standards; and calls on the Commission promptly to propose a scenario for the gradual introduction of a trade conditionality mechanism and/or border adjustment measures; for non-EU goods that fail to comply with those standards;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that labour disputes are on the rise in China and regards it as regrettable that minimum-wage increases are failing to compensate for inflation, in particular in the southern provinces; calls on China to enact comprehensive legislation on collective bargaining and to put in place all of the measures required for social dialogue; proposes that the Commission should make special arrangements for cooperation with the Chinese authorities in support of these changes;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to apply the principle of reciprocity in the EU's common trade policy with developed and emerging countries such as China, in order to ensure a better level playing field where all forms of protectionism are avoided;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the fact that European programmes are open to Chinese research teams, and calls for Chinese programmes to be opened up to European researchers; calls for technology partnerships to be established in order to address the shared challenge of developing resource-saving production methods.
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Draws attention to the fact that the EU’s CO2 emissions targets do not take account of ‘imported emissions’, which are included in the statistics for other countries such as China; calls accordingly on the Commission to review its targets in the light of the EU’s real carbon footprint.
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls for the impact of the Chinese Special Economic Zones in North and Sub-Saharan African countries, in particular those with which the EU has concluded trade agreements, to be assessed; voices its concern at the fact that China’s policy in Africa may have a dramatic impact on natural resources and constitutes a challenge to the development policies pursued by the EU; calls on the Commission to ascertain whether EU trade policy towards China is consistent with the EU’s development cooperation policies for Africa;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Chinese economy does not fulfil the criteria of a market economy as defined by the WTO; calls on the Commission to cooperate with the Chinese government in order to eliminate the obstacles standing in the way of market economy statusremaining obstacles before in 2016 the market economy status is granted to China by the WTO automatically; emphasises that this status should only be accorded onceto China before this date only if China has fulfilled theseall criteria; asks the EU to carry out regular assessments, in the form of an annual report, of China's compliance with the obligations included in its protocol on accession to the WTO;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the existence of numerous tariff and unjustified non-tariff barriers to the Chinese market, such as certain forms of discrimination against foreign operators, particularly in the banking, insurance and telecommunicationssome service sectors, the complexity of the tariff structure and technical barriers to trade such as the lack of transparency of technical rules and conformity assessment procedures or the Chinese Compulsory Certification System (CCC); notes that China, contrary to the provisions of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (ASCM), does not systematically give notification of specific subsidies;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the problems foreign businesses encounter in accessing Chinese public procurement whereas access to European public procurement is guaranteed; regrets that China has not acceded to the plurilateral Agreement on Government Procurement (AGP) even though it committed to do so in its protocol on accession to the WTO; calls onsupports the Commission to make haste in developing a European instrument to ensure better access for European businesses to foreign public procurement markets and to encourage the EU's trading partners, such as China, to open up their public procurement markets and eliminate protectionist measurereciprocity in the field of public procurement market openness;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission to consider public procurement more generally in terms of its potential role as a tool in a pro-active industrial policy of the EU which, in the long run, could be more advantageous to European interests than the focus on reciprocity in market access, especially with regard to the introduction of new green technologies on a mass scale;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that technology transfer through joint ventures - the main form in which foreign companies are allowed to set up in China is through joint ventures – a mechanism which is very restrictive and too often associated with strategic technology transfers that may favour the– has favoured the competitive development of China, but has also led to a weakening of the competitiveness of European industry, the export of dirty technologies and the negligence of a more strategic approach to technology comopetitive development of China to the detriment of European industry in fields iration with China geared at environmentally sound innovation whichere the EU is at the forefront;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EU to make use, wherever necessary,regard the use of trade defence instruments that are consistent with WTO rules, such as anti- dumping, and anti-subsidy and safeguard measures, in as the event of illegal trade practices by China in order to ensure a level playing field for EU-China trade; appropriate tool to counter unfair trade practices by China; calls on Commission and Council to accelerate the reform process of the EU's trade defence instruments and to contemplate how the pricing of inputs other than the conventional factor costs of production - such as environmental resources - can be included in the calculation of dumping margins;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores the inadequate protection of IPR in China and regrets the lack of specific means available to European businesses, and particularly SMEs, to counter IPR infringements effectively; welcomes the Commission's decision to proposer a review of the directive on the enforcement of IPR; wants China to continue to transpose current international law on the protection of IPR into its national legislation, and more specifically to combat counterfeiting, and urges the Chinese authorities to apply it correctly; regrets that China is not taking part in the negotiations on the next international agreement to combat counterfeiting (ACTA)Wants China to continue to transpose current international law on the protection of IPR into its national legislation, and more specifically to combat counterfeiting, and urges the Chinese authorities to apply it correctly; stresses that the weak protection against counterfeiting and the lack of will on behalf of the Chinese authorities to tackle the counterfeiting of products constitute barriers to further investments of European enterprises in China; urges the Commission and the Member States to step up customs cooperation in the EU and with third countries, particularly on the seizure of counterfeit goods, and to simplify customs procedures;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that China produces 97 % of the rare earths used in the world andholds about a third of the rare earths, but that decreasing production of rare earths in other countries due to high costs and environmental impact of their extraction has led China to become the world's dominant producer of a large number of rare earths; calls on itChina to guarantee the fair and sustainable supply of these rare earths to its trading partners; recalls oin the Commission to pay particular attention to any potentialis context the WTO ruling of 5 July 2011 against China for having placed restrictions by China on the export of itscertain raw materials; recalls ion this context the WTO ruling of 5 July 2001 against China for having placed restrice Commission to engage in a strategic partnership of technology cooperation with China with regard to the substitution of rare earths and the mitigations onf the export of certain raw materialsnvironmental impact of resource extraction; calls on the Commission to develop a European strategy for the proper management of raw materials involving increased energy efficiency, recycling, lower use of resources and the development of industrial cooperation in the green economy growth sectors;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. UrgWelcomes the initiative of the Commission to negotiate an ambitious EU-China investment agreementEU- wide agreement with China on market access for investment and on investment protection that seeks to create a better environment for EU investors in China whilst increasing the level of Chinese capital flows to the EU; in the process of formulating the negotiating mandate for the Commission urges the Council to take the Parliament's position on the criteria for new EU-wide investment protection agreements into utmost account, namely with regard to - balancing investor rights with investor duties to fully respect host country regulations, be they put into force prior or post establishment, - retaining public policy space for social, environmental and health regulations which should be excluded from being regarded as undue restriction of legitimate profit expectation or indirect form of expropriation, - the perseverance of state-to-state dispute settlement, - the conditioning of a possible introduction of an investor-to-state dispute settlement on fully transparent process including the set-up of a college of arbitrators, the introduction of an appeal mechanism, and the publication of challenges, proceedings and results, - the exclusion from investor-to-state disputes of issues concerning Member States legislative or administrative activities of implementing EU regulations and directives, - the specific treatment of investments through Sovereign Wealth Funds.
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to demandmake sure through appropriate monitoring mechanisms that foreign enterprises respect European social and environmental standards and ensure the sustainability of employment when they purchase European businesses or set up subsidiaries in the EU; asks the Commission to set up a body entrusted with the ex ante evaluation of foreign strategic investment, along the lines of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), in order to obtain a clear picture of businesses operating and investing in the territory of the EU;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the EU to propose a reform of the rules on the-actively advocate in all appropriate international organiszation of trade governed by the WTO,s for a process of reform geared at including binding social, environmental and health standards, drawn up in conjunction with the WTO, the ILO and the UN into multilateral trade rules;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Notes that labour disputes are on the rise in China and regards it as regrettable that minimum-wage increases are failing to compensate for inflation, in particular in the southern provinces; calls on China to enact comprehensive legislation on collective bargaining and to put in place all of the measures required for social dialogue; proposes that the Commission cooperates with the Chinese authorities and Chinese stake-holders in support of such developments;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Demands strict compliance with European rules andsocial, environmental and health protection standards by all goods in circulation on the internal market, and calls on the Commission to promptly to propose a scenario in line with WTO rules for the gradual introduction of a trade conditionality mechanism and/or border adjustment measures for goods originating in third countries that do not comply with these standards;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises China's growing influence in the theatre of international trade; calls on the EU therefore to remain vigilant concerning theand to assess the political, economic, social and environmental impact of increasing Chinese investment in developing countries, particularly in Africaed and developing countries;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Reaffirms the need for Chinese investments in Latin America and in Africa, particularly in Special Economic Zones (SEZ), to contribute to economic development and to the development of local production chains by using the local labour force;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Considers that if social rights are taken into account in trade relations, it can offer opportunities to advance the defence of human rights;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Draws attention to the fact that China is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases; calls on the EU to propose that the WTO include ecological and climate change imperatives when laying down effective environmental standards in its rules on the organisation of international trade; points out that already at present the WTO framework makes it possible to distinguish between like-products according to their production and processing methods (PPMs) and to take trade qualification measures if these are necessary, proportionate and do not discriminate against countries in which production conditions are identical;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Considers that the efforts made by the Chinese authorities concerning certain basic rights in China, particularly social and labour rights, do not go far enough; encourages, therefore, the EU and China to develop a closer and more responsible strategic dialogue based on mutual understanding;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Recognises the engagements made by China to limit the growth of its greenhouse gas emissions; encourages China to make a strong engagement to a binding international legal framework and reduction targets that are consistent with limiting global warming to the 2°C objective to be negotiated by 2015 as agreed in Durban, while calling for EU to also be consistent with its own targets;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the EU to developMember States to coordinate, develop and implement their industrial policies at the EU level, leading to an ambitious common industrial policy based on research and innovation that benefits from innovative financing arrangements such as project bonds and supports the development of SMEs, particularly via access to public procurement, in order to maintain its competiveness vis-à-vis new major players in industry and research; calls on the EU to enhance the value of European production, particularly through improvements in ‘made in’ labelling, the facilitation of a more rapid market introduction of green technologies, and increased substitution of non-renewable or rare raw materials; urges the Commission to develop a long- term strategy with regard to China, indicating more precisely which industrial sectors shall be maintained in the EU during the next 30 years and which might need to be abandoned, in order to facilitate an open and fair discussion among the social partners and citizens throughout the Union;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the EU to strengthen its economic, budgetary, fiscal and political governance to give it a credible and imposing voice on the international stage; calls on the Council and the Commission to speak with one voice in order to prevent partnerships and bilateral agreements weakening the EU position; urges the EU toCommission to closely monitor Member States' Chinese policies; urges Member States to work closely with the Commission when defining their commercial policy; demands that the EU implement a long-term strategy with regard to China;