Activities of Emma McCLARKIN related to 2017/2057(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service on the negotiations of the modernisation of the trade pillar of the EU-Chile Association Agreement PDF (368 KB) DOC (67 KB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Chile is one of South America's most stable, open and prosperous nations; it is an important regional player and it has been one of Latin America's fastest-growing economies in recent decades;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the European Union is the third biggest trading partner of Chile, just after China and United States; whereas the EU is also one of the major donors in cooperation for development giving more than half of the Official Development Assistance (ODA);
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the current AA, including its trade pillar, was concluded in 20021 and has worked well between the parties during its implementation since 2003very well since its implementation in 2003, it set a fast liberalisation agenda and generated many opportunities for growth and jobs on both sides, doubling trade in goods and seeing an increasing trade in services and investments2 ; considering, however, that both the EU and Chile have concluded more modern and ambitious trade agreements ever since; __________________ 1 http://eur- lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:f83 a503c-fa20-4b3a-9535- f1074175eaf0.0004.02/DOC_2&format=P DF 2 http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries- and-regions/countries/chile/
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the current AA lacks, among chapters, investment, and a trade and sustainable development chapter (TSDC);
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas any EU trade negotiation must guaranteeshall aim to the highest levels of social, labour and environmental protection achieved by the parties, and may serve as a tool to promote an agenda of social justice and sustainable development, both in the EU and throughout the world; whereas the modernisation of the AA should be seen as an opportunity for the EU and its Member States to further promote common high standards and commitments in their trade agreements, especially in the areas of labour rights, environmental protection, consumer rights and public welfare; whereas a sanctions-based mechanism is needed to redress infringements effectively;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to consider it important and necessary to seek to modernise the EU- Chile AA to take into account the economic and political development over the last 15 years, in particular its trade component, in the spirit of reciprocity, mutual benefit and balance, and to note the consistent support for a modernisation expressed by the EU-Chile JPC, as well as the fact that the JCC welcomed the steps taken towards an update;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to recall that globalisation and trade policy have recently been subject to intense debate in Europe and elsewhere, because of the unequal distribution of its gains, and to consider that it is necessary to guarantee a more inclusive distribution of the benefits of trade and to provide adequate protection to those which may be disadvantaged in the process, while developing policy action in other spheres beyond the provisions of trade agreements themselves, going from industrial to fiscal and social policies;anticipate these trading trends and its possible consequences and develop primarily- at national levels- effective accompanying policies in order to provide adequate protection to those which may be disadvantaged in the process,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) to mandate the inclusion of a tax good governance clause that reaffirms the parties’ commitment to implement international standards in the fight against tax evasion, avoidance and elusion, and that includes obligationrequirements for country-by- country reporting, automatic exchanges of information and the establishment of public registers of beneficial ownership for business trusts;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) to clearly spell out in the negotiating directives the requirement to commit the parties to promote corporate social responsibility (CSR) via binding standards, including with regard to internationally recognised instruments, and the uptake of sectorial OECD guidelines and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; to recall the need to respect and ensure the effective implementation of indigenous’ rights, including ILO standards on indigenous’ labour rights and the right to consultation with governmental authorities;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) to consider that negotiations on investment may be an opportunity to make progress towards a necessary international reform of the dispute settlement regime, to seek a commitment by all parties to put an end to investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) based on ad hoc private arbitration, and to replace it with a public investment court system (ICS) with an appeal mechanism, with a view to preserving the right to regulate to achieve legitimate public policy objectives, prevent frivolous litigation and guarantee all democratic procedural guarantees, such as the right to access to justice (with particular attention to SMEs), judicial independency, transparency and accountability, while pursuing the establishment of a multilateral investment court (MIC);
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) to ensure that the modernised AA contains a robust and ambitious TSDC that includes binding and enforceable provisions, subject to dispute settlement mechanisms, with the possibility of imposing sanctions in case of breach; considers that the TSDC should cover, among other things, the parties’ commitment to adopt and maintain in their national laws and regulations the principles enshrined in core ILO conventions and to effectively implement up-to-date ILO instruments, especially the Governance Conventions, the Decent Work Agenda, ILO Convention n°169 on the rights of indigenous peoples, the Convention on Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment for Men and Women Workers, the Convention on Domestic Workers, and the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, as well as labour standards for migrant workers;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y
Paragraph 1 – point y
(y) to ensure, with reference to the progress achieved by Chile in bilateral trade negotiations with Uruguay and Canada, that the parties include a specific chapter on trade and gender equality and women empowerment that specifically contains clear and measurable targets, beyond the adherence of the parties and their respect for international human rights, labour and social standards, foreseeing active measures aiming to enhance opportunities for women to benefit from the opportunities provided by the AA; to ensure, inter alia, that the parties commit to collect disaggregated data allowing for thorough ex ante and ex post analysis on the impact of the modernised AA on gender equality, to pursue an enhanced participation of women enterprises (particularly micro-enterprises and SMEs) in public procurement, building on the experience of the Chilean Ministry of Gender Equality which, in 2015, established a supporting program to strengthen women entrepreneurs’ participation as suppliers in the public procurement market of ‘Chile Compras’, to support the internationalisation of women enterprises and the participation of women in WTO Mode 4 opportunities; and to ensure that this chapter foresees the involvement of women organisations and gender equality experts in the negotiating teams, as well as in the JCC (foreseeing the development of innovative means of consultation, such as electronic discussions) and that it guarantees periodical substantial discussions on gender and trade, if necessary, with the establishment of a specific consultative subcommittee;