Activities of Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM related to 2010/2152(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
New trade policy for Europe under the Europe 2020 strategy (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that, in order to foster inclusive and pro-poor economic growth, the EU, in its trade policy, must strive for the conclusion within two years of a development-friendly Doha Round and give additional support for South-South trade and regional integration; asks the EU to further pursue the reduction of tariffs on environmental and climate friendly products within the context of these negotiations as such a step could help increase the global trade volume;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the EU to reduce certain non- tariff barriers, particularly on environmentally friendly products from developing countries which contribute both to economic and environmental sustainability; points out that those barriers have too often been set up with purely domestic considerations in mind and without assessing more trade-friendly solutions; recalls that non-tariff barriers are intended to increase the benefits of consumers, that being the reason why they cannot be abolished altogether;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to foster sustainable development by negotiating trade agreements and investment treaties that take into account the economic, environmental and social factors conducive to effective development and that allow policy space for partner countries to ensure food security, to build local and regional markets and to formulate a coherent strategy on the extraction of raw materials; considers that such a strategy can render the extractive process environmentally and socially sustainable by means of adherence to international standards and render it economically sustainable by securing for those countries a fair amount of revenue and, if convenient, could also allow the preservation of commodities for later use; insists that policies strengthening corporate social responsibility are essentially pro-business as they can lead to legal security and sustainable long- term partnerships with emerging markets while they might at the same time prevent renationalisation or the reopening of negotiations;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Asks the EU to support private sector initiatives calling for transparency and corporate social responsibility in the sector of resource extraction; asks the Commission also to support initiatives by pharmaceutical companies whereby certain patents are conceded to producers of generic medicinal products exclusively for use in the least developed markets;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Asks the Commission to consider the implementation of a permanent mechanism to help developing countries in rebuilding their economies after events like earthquakes or flooding; one option could be time-limited initiatives in the area of rules of origin incentivising the use of products or goods from the country hit by such an event;