18 Amendments of Yannick JADOT related to 2012/2149(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas closer economic cooperation ideally should be based on elements of common industrial policy objectives; whereas the EU is still in search of a EU- wide industrial policy, while the US maintains specific industrial policy objectives, a difference which limits the scope of any negotiations on an ambitious trade agreement, given its potentially far- reaching and long lasting impacts;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas an open, predictable, rule- based and transparent multilateral trading system established through the World Trade Organisation (WTO) continues to represent the most suitable framework for achieving free, fair and equitable trade on a global basis, whereas it has so far proven impossible to conclude the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations, and whereas even though strengthening the multilateral system remains a crucial objective, it and does not preclude bilateral agreements going beyond WTO commitments, and being complementary tos long as they are compatible with multilateral rules;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that trade and foreign investment must be better used to, if employed in a framework of common industrial policy goals and informed by wider social policy and climate change objectives, can stimulate smart, strong, sustainable, balanced, inclusive and resource-efficient growth, leading to higher job creation and increasing the welfare of people across the world; welcomes the commitment of the G8 and G20 leaders to open trade and investment, expand markets and resist protectionism in all its forms, which are necessary conditions for sustained global economic recovery, jobs and development;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomesTakes note of the Interim Report of the HLWG and the preliminary recommendations contained therein, and agrees; stresses that it would require a yet more pronounced and sustained political support of the highest political levels on both sides in order to be able to consider the HLWG recommendation that a comprehensive agreement should include an ambitious reciprocal market opening in goods, services and investment, and address the challenges of modernising trade rules and enhancing the compatibility of regulatory regimes; encourages the HLWG in the meantime to continue its work preparing an ambitious yet feasible set of objectives and concrete deliverables for the negotiations of such a comprehensivea bilateral trade and investment agreement, which would be consistent with (and supportive of) the WTO framework;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of continuing with the strengthening of transatlantic economic relations but without threatening EU policies, including in fields such as environmental standards, cultural diversity, social rightspublic health preferences, cultural diversity, social and labour rights, the principles of a social market economy, public services or geographical indications, among others; emphasises that while the specific interests and sensitivities of both partners must be safeguarded in a balanced way, there are many areas where progress would be greatly beneficial, in particular as regards the removal of trade barriers, the introduction of measures to ensure better market access and appropriate investment conditions, the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR)geographical indications, the opening up of public procurement markets to ensure full reciprocity, and the convergence on mutual recognition of regulatory standards; considers that such an intensification of economic relations would also allow for greater alignment of EU and US approaches towards addressing global economic challenges;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises that even though the average tariffs on transatlantic trade in goods are comparatively low, there is an interest in both the EU and US business communities to eliminate remaining tariffs; takes the view, however, that a tariff-only free trade agreement would not be ambitious enough; supports the goal proposed by the HLWG of eliminating all duties on bilateral trade of industrial goods, with the objective of achieving a substantial elimination of tariffs upon entry into force of the agreement and a phasing out of all but the most sensitive tariffs in short time-frame, which could deliver significant gains, considering that EU-US bilateral trade to a large extent consists of intra-firm trade, and enhance the global competitiveness of the EU and US companies on the world staga sensitive time- frame;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reminds that the regulatory cultures on both sides of the Atlantic are highly diverse, rooting in historically different perspectives of the role of the state and the autonomy of sub-national entities; is convinced that approximation of the regulatory cultures will need a step by step approach and that forcing such a development would lead to adverse effects; in this sense, calls on the Commission to seek convergences in fields of regulation which are not yet socially connotated, such as in the field of emerging technologies;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. SupportsTakes note of the ambition of the HLWG to keep and share the highest level of services liberalisation achieved by the EU and the US in existing free trade agreements, while improving market access through addressing remaining long- standing barriers and recognising the sensitive nature of certain sectors; underlines that the EU and the US maintain highly different definitions of public services and of services of general economic interest; recommends further work of the HLWG to define more precisely which service sectors could sensibly be included in bilateral trade negotiations without undermining the different perceptions of public services on both sides;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Supports, in recognition of the importance of investment for boosting economic growth, the aim proposed by the HLWG of negotiating investment liberalisation and protection provisions on the basis of the highest levels of liberalisation and protection that both sides have negotiated to daterecommendations of the European Parliament for the new EU- wide investment competence1;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on both parties to open up further their respective public procurement markets to each other in order to ensure full reciprocity, and supports the goal proposed by the HLWG of enhancing business opportunities through substantially improved access to public procurement opportunities at all levels of government on the basis of national treatment; recalls the significance for transatlantic trade of open procurement markets that offer equal access to all suppliers, in particular to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)ensure full reciprocity in the openness of their public procurement markets, while contemplating the sensuousness of geographical preferences in certain sectors as employed in the US, and supports the goal proposed by the HLWG of enhancing business opportunities through substantially improved access to public procurement opportunities; reiterates the view that EU SMEs should have the same level of advantages and possibilities as regards public tenders in the US as they enjoy inside the EU;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Affirms the importance of IPR to stimulate job and economic growth, and the significance, therefore, that high standards be maintained for IPR protection and enforcement, while promoting the free flow of information; agrees with the assessment of the HLWG that even though both the EU and US are committed to high level of IPR protection and enforcement, it might not be feasible, in eventual negotiations, to seek to reconcile across-the-board differences with regards to the IPR obligations typically included in EU and US trade agreements; underlines, however, that the approach proposed for negotiations should be ambitious, aiming at solving the areas of divergence, while dealing with the IPR matters in a mutually satisfactory manner, fully taking into account the rejection of the ACTA Agreement by the European Parliament;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Supports, in principle,Underlines that the aim proposed by the HLWG also to develop new trade rules in a number of areas, as this could be of relevance to bilateral commerce as well as contribute to could make rule- making both in the context of third- country policies and trade agreements and at the multilateral level more difficult and impede the emergence of needed new global trade rules reflecting the evolving global supply chain economy; stresses that the development of new trade rule-s making both in the context of third- country policies and trade agreements and at the multilateral levelust involve all global players and hence should remain firmly anchored in the frame of the WTO; calls on the EU and the US to guarantee full compatibility with WTO rules in all endeavours geared to establish new bilateral trade rules;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates its full commitment to the multilateral trading system, and tos embodied by the WTO, as the guarantor ofonly legitimate forum of developing and guaranteeing a rules- based trade; takes the view, however, that due to that notwithstanding the persistent deadlock with regard to the original architecture and objectives of the DDA, the debate on how to strengthen the WTO, and on how to prepare it for the upcoming challenges, and how to more firmly anchor the WTO in the hierarchy of UN norms, must be resumed as soon as possible;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. AgreStresses that careful preparation is needed to ensure that such a negotiation for a comprehensive bilateral trade and investment agreement, if undertaken, would deliver concrete results and would be concluded in a timely manner; looks forward to the final report (including a recommendation on a decision as to the negotiations) of the HLWG; asks the Commission andfull and sustained support on both sides, on all political level and by all stakeholders, including consumers and public health organizations, as well as careful preparation and timely public consultation and information is needed to ensure that such a negotiation for a comprehensive bilateral trade and investment agreement, if undertaken, would deliver concrete results and would be concluded in a timely manner; underlines its conviction that negotiations should only be started if these conditions are met; recommends the US side to search for a high level of bi- partisan support for the project, in order to render it independent from a possible change of the US -Administration to present the final result of HLWG's work at the 73rd meeting of the TLD by the end of 2012and looks forward to the final report (including a recommendation on a decision as to the negotiations) of the HLWG, whenever the HLWG deems that these conditions are fulfilled;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission, in case that negotiations are launched, to conduct a thorough global as well as sector- specific economic, social and environmental impact assessments in all stages of the negotiations;