Activities of Emma McCLARKIN related to 2010/2301(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on EU-China: an unbalanced trade?
Amendments (7)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need to further integrate China into the global trading system; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure constructive dialogue with China on acceptable economic practices in corporate governance, specifically highlighting issues such as corruption and IPR enforcement;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Argues that the Commission should explore the possibility of developing and establishing an early warning mechanism to detect non-tariff barriers and strengthen its existing analytical tools for a qualitative evaluation of NTBs in China;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises the need to adopt a balanced approach towards China; calls on the Commission and Member States to build-up extensive cooperation with China in areas of joint research, such as product safety and human health, and to establish further scientific, technological and cultural exchanges;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the fact that China is the biggest source of imports for the EU and is the EU's second largest export market, with both imports and exports increasing by over 30 per cent between 2009 and 2010;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that European businesses express great dissatisfaction with bureaucratic red tape, human resource issues, and market access in China; calls on the Commission and Member States to further emphasise these issues within the High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the integration of China into the decision making process for global product standards and that a constructively critical working method be adopted;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Highlights a number of reports commissioned by the EU institutions in which partisan and derogatory language is often used to describe China's internal and global economic activity1; stresses the need to adopt a constructively critical dialogue whilst respecting cultural idiosyncrasies and differences in political organisation; __________________ 1 DG EXPO, "China in Africa: A Critique", Policy Briefing, (October 2010), PE 449.518, p. 10 - "The Chinese economic presence has spread through Africa like an oil slick."