2 Amendments of Marietje SCHAAKE related to 2018/2084(INI)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Expresses its utmost concern over the fact that several posts on the Appellate Body remain vacant, severely constraining the work of this crucial body by threatening to undermine the current and proper functioning of the dispute settlement process, and calls firmly on the United States to resolve this situation in a way that allows for the expeditious replenishment of vacant Appellate Body seats; welcomes the invites the Commission to come forward wial proposals put forward by the Commission in iths concrete proposals on howept paper on WTO modernisation to resolve the deadlock by addressing some of the concerns that have been raised, for example throughincluding transitional rules for outgoing members or, changes to the length of terms on the Appellate Body or to the maximum time allowed before the publication of a report;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Shares the view that, as a way to address the root causes of the current crisis, it is necessary for the WTO to develop new rules to address current gaps in the rulebook in order to level the playing as regards subsidies and state-owned enterprises, investment market access and regulatory barriers to services and investment as well as forced data localisation and forced source code disclosure; believes that in order to remain relevant, the WTO also needs to address new challenges in areas such as: e- commerce; digital trade; global value chains; public procurement; domestic regulation for services; micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs); and greater compatibility between trade, labour and environmental agendas; welcomes, in this regard, the joint statements that were adopted in Buenos Aires on e-commerce, domestic regulation, investment facilitation and women’s economic empowerment, as well as the work that has been done on these issues since then;