21 Amendments of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2019/2197(INI)
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that significant aspects of the global context have been shifting and have proven to be unpredictable in the last two years; reiterates its support for an open, free, rules- based, predictable and fair multilateral trading system that needs to be safeguarded;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that EU trade strategy must continue to promote EU interests and values when contending with new challenges worldwide in order to keep and increase the competitiveness of its industry; considers, therefore, that an ambitious realistic multilateral and plurilateral agenda, the conclusion of win-win trade agreementsfair and fruitful agreements for both parties ensuring a strict reciprocity respecting Europeans high norms and standards in sensitive sectors, and their effective implementation and the elimination of unjustified trade barriers can constitute the besta way to make the EU more competitive in a globalised world
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. recalls that the Common commercial policy is an exclusive competence for the Union; stresses nevertheless that the increasing use of mixed agreements for ratifying FTA's that require the unanimity in the European Council underlines the political and economic sensitivity of the content of these agreements for Member states and their citizens;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to continue working closely together with like-minded WTO Members to address unfair trading practices, including intellectual property theft, forced technology transfer, industrial subsidies, distortions created by state-owned enterprises and overcapacity;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes note ofExpresses deep concerns about 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; underlines that they should primarily be used to solve the pending problems caused by US actions;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that despite recent tensions in transatlantic relations, have a strong negative impact on some European actors, confronted with high import tariffs on selected goods; recalls that 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; considers that the trust and reliability on which this partnership should be based are deeply affected by current US policies;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the Commission to negotiate an ambitious realistic investment agreement, which removes all barriers to EU investments, and looks forward to a conclusion of the negotiations by the end of 2020 as agreed in the EU-China Summit in 2019; firmly believes, however, that substance of the agreement should be prioritised over the speed of its conclusion;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Deplores that EU companies are still facing numerous obstacles when entering the Chinese market, such as forced technology transfer and discriminatory authorisation procedures, therefore supports the Commission in its efforts to continuously address these issues with China;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Notes with concern that the implementation of the USA-China Phase I Agreement might result in discriminating EU exporting companies by China, in particular concerning market access of agricultural products and SPS authorisations. Calls on the Commission to monitor the situation and take the necessary actions to get assurances from China for a proper market access of the European products;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Underlines that the protection of geographical indications is one of the Union’s offensive points in trade agreement negotiations and highlights the importance that EU partners are complying with provisions on the protection of geographical indications;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for an ambitious realistic agenda to be pursued when it comes to negotiating FTAs, in particular with Australia and New Zealand, Tunisia. Morocco and Indonesia; reiterates its call for opening investment negotiations with Taiwan;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. WelcomesTakes note of the conclusions of the trade negotiations with Mexico and the MERCOSUR countries, which have both the potential to deepen our strategic partnership with Latin America and to create additional opportunities in our trade relations with those countries; notes that such opportunities would also give EU companies access to an increasingly growing market; stresses that in the implementation of these trade negotiations, special attention needs to be paid to agricultural products and to the interests of European producers and consumers;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Still expresses deep concerns on specific issues notably beef as negotiations of new importation quotas for imports of high-quality beef will seriously affect the already depressed internal European market;
Amendment 268 #
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 recallwelcomes the adoption on the modernisation of trade defence instruments in 2018, and the new foreign investment screening mechanism; stressunderlines that the new foreign investment screening mechanism should never be a tool for protectionismaims to cooperate, potentially restrict foreign investments in strategic sectors in a view to protect the Union and its Member States;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Notes that the Union’s public procurement markets are the most open in the world and that certain third countries have very limited access to public procurement markets; stresses the importance to promote reciprocity and mutual benefit in the area of access to markets and public procurement to the benefit of EU companies;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Calls on the Commission, while promoting free, open and rules based trade policy, to use the existing trade defence instruments when necessary and to develop new defence tools if needed in order to protect EU companies from unfair and hostile actions;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Notes that SMEs account for approximately 30 % of the value of EU goods exports and more than 80% of all EU enterprises exporting goods; supports the idea that a specific chapter on SMEs should be part of all proposed FTAs, as done in the EU-Japan agreement, and that they should be included when revising existing FTAs; notes that trade barriers and bureaucracy are especially problematic for SMEs that cannot afford the extra work to overcome themburdensome for SMEs;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. Reiterates its call on the Commission to monitor the effects of its trade policy on SMEs, as they play a vital role in international trade. Due to their size and limited resources, administrative costs and bureaucracy affects the SMEs disproportionally;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)
Paragraph 36 b (new)
36 b. Calls on the Commission to help SMEs to face competition and to get access to foreign markets by providing user-friendly, up-to-date and practical information on trade policy and in particular on FTAs;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39 a. strongly believes that the current COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences on trade should be thoroughly analysed and should lead to a very rigorous lesson learnt process; emphasizes that some structural dependences revealed during the crisis notably in medical sanitary and pharmaceutical sectors would lead to a deep re-assessment of European strategy in this field having in mind the need for European strategic autonomy; is of the opinion that diversification of supply chains for medical products is certainly key to enforce this autonomy but other options cannot be excluded by principle and should be pragmatically considered, such as relocation of certain activities in Europe when economically and technically feasible;