3 Amendments of Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN related to 2009/2219(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the European Union to uphold the principles of managed and fair trade, rejecting protectionism or any attempt to undermine the legitimate comparative advantages of developing countries that do not undermine human and trade unionlabour rights, but applying a different interpretation of WTO Article XXIV to allow for the exemption of vulnerable manufacturing and other sectors from trade agreements where this is justified;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Insists that, whilst working effectively with the ILO and other treaty bodies, the Commission should continue to meet its responsibility to evaluate the impact of trade negotiations on social, environmental and human rights and to consult trade unions and environmental and social NGOstakeholders in a transparent manner throughout the process of negotiating and implementing trade agreements, guaranteeing them a clear right to raise violations;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the use of Sustainability Impact Assessments, but deplores failures to act fully on their findings, as in west Africa; in the case of Colombia; emphasises the EU's leverage to pursue concrete improvements in respect for labour and human rights in advance of trade agreements, as well as during their implementation;