17 Amendments of Sabine LÖSING related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the United States is the EU's key strategic partnerRegrets the subordinate role to United States’ foreign affairs policies that the EU plays; stresses that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is the most significant recent EU-US project and will reinvigorate the transatlantic partnership as a whole, beyond its trade aspects; emphasises that its successful conclusion is of high geopolitical importance at a moment wheensure the US hegemonic power in decline in the current multilateral context and will consolidate the EU geopolitical subordination theo US is pivoting to Asia and concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership; underlines that the TTIP will have a positive impact on jobs and growth for the two economies, which have both been hit by the crisisnterests, beyond its trade aspects; underlines that the TTIP will benefit mainly big transnational corporations and will have a negative environmental, economic and social impact for workers and peoples in the EU and the US, which have both been hit by the systemic crisis, and also on the rest of the world;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)
Paragraph A a (new)
Aa. asks the Commission to oppose to TTIP and all other neoliberal free trade agreements, as they have, among other reasons, harmful economic , social and environmental consequences on developing countries;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A b (new)
Paragraph A b (new)
Ab. Asks the Commission to comply with the approved commitments in the context of the United Nations and other competent international organisations commitments on trade issues, especially regarding human rights, women's rights, labour rights, indigenous rights, and the protection of our environment to take priority over corporate and private interests;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A c (new)
Paragraph A c (new)
Ac. Stresses the importance of universal access to quality public services, social protection, public and universal health coverage, higher labour and environmental standards;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A d (new)
Paragraph A d (new)
Ad. Requests the Commission to ensure that the TTIP, if approved, will not affect negatively universal access to medicines;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph B
Paragraph B
B. Notes that, although the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiation mandate is now public, its wording is so general that its content and possible spillover effects on developing countries are still not known; calls for a thorough analysis, when TTIP provisions are clearer, of its likely impact on low incomedeveloping countries and the future sustainable development goals;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph B a (new)
Paragraph B a (new)
Ba. Calls on the Commission to conduct independent impact studies;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph B b (new)
Paragraph B b (new)
Bb. Urges the Commission to increase transparency and democratic accountability on TTIP´s negotiation process and on all trade policies by conducting formal consultations with civil society organisations;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph C
Paragraph C
C. Is of the opinion thatAsks the Commission to consider that, if approved, the effect of the TTIP on developing countries will vary depending on their economic structure and current trade relations; sees, however, and that risk increasing international trade asymmetric relations and take measures to minimize the potential serious risk of diminished market access and resulting trade diversion for some countries; and asks to recognise the common but differentiated responsibilities for developing countries;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph D
Paragraph D
D. Stresses that the majority of developing countries benefit from some degree of tariff preferences from the EU and the USA, with margins likely to be significantly affected by the TTIP; underlines that adaptation to new sets of norms and standards is not necessarily negative, but that it iswhich are essential to alleviate the cost of compliance (especially for SMEs) and must be aligned with developing countries sovereign policy strategies;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph D a (new)
Paragraph D a (new)
Da. Asks the Commission to respect developing countries governments and parliaments right to regulate investment and to ensure obligations and duties on all investors, including foreign, so that labour, environmental, human rights and other standards are respected;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that the conclusion of the TTIP creates the prospect of a broad economic space, which would include third countries with which the EU and the US have close trade and economic relationswill be a significant attempt to impose a global model of free trade and investments; calls on the EU and the US to immediately suspend the current negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; is convinced that they should henceforth focus their trade policy on ensuring that multilateral trade relations at all levels are sustainable and equitable;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph E
Paragraph E
E. Is worried that the TTIP and other mega trade deals are likely to reshape global trade rules and set new standards, while also being discriminatory, by excluding some 130 countries from the negotiations and risking sidelining important issues for developing countries such as food security, agricultural subsidies and climate change mitigation; urges the Commission to step up efforts to advance in democratic multilateral fora, following UNCTAD comprehensive Investment Policy framework for sustainable Development and overcome the current Doha Round stalemate;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Is convinced that one of the main aims of the TTIP is to reinforce corporation powers over international and national law; underlines the need to dismantle the excessive power held by the transnational corporations; in this sense calls for a binding international code for corporations that obligates them to respect human rights;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the EU's energy supply largely depends on foreign sources; emphasises the considerable contribution the TTIP could make to the EU's energy supply diversification and to its energy security by, inter alia, lifting licensing requirements for USconsiders that the conclusion of the TTIP narrows the access of the European Union to its more reliable and natural energy suppliers; is highly concerned about the environmental consequences of the TTIP related to the expansion of fracking, offshore oil drilling and gas explortsation;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph F
Paragraph F
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomDeplores the fact that the Commission is taking steps aiming to improve the transparency of thesecrecy and lack of transparency of the Commission during the TTIP negotiations.