Activities of Paolo DE CASTRO related to 2021/2038(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The future of EU-US relations (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Identifies trade policy as a strategic geopolitical tool for the transatlantic agenda; highlights the need to identify joint actions based on shared interests and values in order to contribute to a global sustainable and inclusive economic recovery; stresses that ‘workers and wages’ and more resilient and responsible supply chains should be at the core of such an agenda; in this regard encourages both sides to design similar tools to ban forced labour and exploitative labour conditions and to cooperate on improving respect for workers' rights and environmental standards in trade agreements including by building on each other's experience to enforce these provisions more efficiently; encourages both sides to join forces in promoting human rights, environmental and workers' rights also at the multilateral level;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the US support for the new Director-General of the WTO, the US’s return to the Paris Agreement, the WTO tariff rate quota agreement and, the temporary suspension of Airbus Boeing tariffs, the announcement to start discussions to address global steel and aluminum excess capacity as well as the US willingness to engage in discussions on a potential TRIPS waiver;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises at the same time that some diverging interests remain; in this regard, urges both sides to resolve bilateral disputes; urges the US to remove unilateral trade measures and refrain from taking further ones; urges the removal of section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminium; calls for a rapid and lasting solution on aircraft subsidies; calls for the suspension of announced trade retaliation on economic sectors such as footwear in Member States that have implemented a Digital Services Tax (DST) while negotiations are ongoing in the OECD framework; expects both sides to address the EU's concerns regarding the US Buy American Act and the Jones Act;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for enhanced cooperation on WTO reform, including reinstating the appellate body,the reform of its 3 core functions which entails reforming and reinstating the appellate body as well as reinforcing the monitoring and deliberative function among others by making sure open plurilateral agreements can be included; urges both sides to cooperate on regulating trade in health products, setting an ambitious environmental agenda, and agreeingmong others by relaunching the negotiations on the Environmental Goods Agreement; expects both sides to agree on concrete deliverables for the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12); encourage including an agreement on fisheries, a declaration on trade and health, a work programme for reform of the dispute settlement system, a work programme on industrial subsidies and state owned enterprises as well as substantial progress on e-commerce negotiations; encourages both sides to update WTO rules on state owned enterprises, industrial subsidies and overcapacity as well as technology transfer to efficiently address the challenges posed by China: in this regard also supports expanding the trilateral initiative with Japan; expects both sides to stick to multilateral agreements;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Advocates, wherever possible, a joint strategic approach towards China, addressing the roots of unfair trade practices and tackling industrial subsidies, state-owned enterprises and human rights concerns by including a discussion on the US phase one agreement with China and the EU's CAI;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on both sides to use trade as a mean to fight climate change and achieve upward convergence; in this regard urges both sides to cooperate on pricing carbon and in particular to coordinate on the development of a carbon border adjustment mechanism;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Advocates a joint approach on tackling the COVID-19 crisis among others by increasing the availability and affordability of vaccines; in this regard calls on both sides to refrain from any export restricting measures, enhance production capacity, ensure the proper functioning of supply chains and engage constructively on a potential TRIPS waiver; encourages both sides to increase regulatory cooperation to facilitate essential access to medicines.
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages both sides to find a framework for joint action and look for selective agreements via the relaunch of a high-level strategic dialogue; calls for a stronger regulatory, green and digital partnership through the Trade and Technology Council and; calls for a coordinated approach to critical technologies, a carbon border adjustment mechanism ands well as to digital and global taxes.
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for a continued and enhanced transatlantic parliamentary dimension on trade including within the framework of the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue; calls more specifically for the establishment of a sub- committee on Trade & Technology within the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue to complement the executive part of the Trade & Technology Council and to exercise democratic control thereof;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Urges the Commission, as common practice, to be transparent in its cooperation with the United States among others by publishing all proposals that are sent to the United States as well as by guaranteeing the involvement of the European Parliament and civil society in the development of these proposals so as to enhance consumers' and citizens' trust;