Activities of Mario PIRILLO related to 2010/2301(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU and China: unbalanced trade? (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on EU and China: unbalanced trade?
Amendments (5)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the trade imbalances between the EU and China reflect their differing social, economic and democratic models; takes the view that the limited or non-existent degree of respect for certain rights, and particularly workers’ rights, in China is a contributing factor; encourages, therefore, dialogue between the two partners;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – indent 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – indent 1 (new)
– Calls on China to meet its responsibilities before the WTO by permitting full market access for outside goods and services, freedom of investment, the safeguarding of European companies’ rights and greater protection of intellectual property rights;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 1 (new)
– Points out that China continues to resort to non-tariff barriers including discriminatory public procurement procedures, raw materials restrictions and import and export quotas, which severely limit the presence of European companies on the Chinese market;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 2 (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 2 (new)
– Emphasises that China continues to apply restrictions to raw materials exports in the form of duties and quotas which are prohibited by the WTO and artificially inflate global raw materials prices, hence diminishing internal prices and giving Chinese producers a significant competitive advantage;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 (new)
Paragraph 5 – indent 3 (new)
– Points out that China holds around 97% of the world’s rare earth supplies, on which the Chinese Government has imposed restrictive export quotas, thus increasing purchase prices for European enterprises and disadvantaging them in comparison to Chinese enterprises;