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Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Danuta Maria Hübner
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

In this context, the decision of the EU, US and Japan to renew the trilateral partnership to address global challenges posed by non-market policies and to meet on the margins of MC12, is good news. The plurilateral talks on reforming industrial subsidies rules should start now. Such talks can ensure progress in areas not mature enough for negotiations among the entire membership to ensure benefits through the most favoured nation clause extended to all WTO members, allowing the WTO to continue to deliver for people around the world.
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Kathleen Van Brempt
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: NL

Voorzitter, we weten allemaal dat het multilateralisme in moeilijke papieren zit. We hebben dat trouwens ook bij de COP in Glasgow gezien. Het is moeilijk om multilaterale akkoorden te maken en dus hebben we succes nodig. Succes op het vlak van duurzaamheid door het visserijakkoord, en succes op het vlak van gezondheid. Ik heb goed naar mijnheer Simon geluisterd. Vorige week is bekendgemaakt dat Pfizer, BioNTech en Moderna samen 34 miljard dollar winst gemaakt hebben. Dat is ongeveer 93 miljoen per dag of duizend dollar per seconde. Dan is mijn vraag aan u, commissaris, maar ook aan de EVP-Fractie heel simpel: wie beschermen we eigenlijk als we niet voor een tijdelijke opheffing van intellectuele eigendomsrechten kunnen zijn? Wie beschermen we dan? De grote winsten van de farmaceutische industrie of de belangen van de wereldbevolking? Dat is de essentie van dit vraagstuk.
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Samira Rafaela
Political group: Renew
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, global trade needs a fair and functioning World Trade Organization; however, the COVID-19 pandemic is showing us that we are far from that goal. When countries knocked on the door to lift barriers to the trade of COVID-19 vaccines, some WTO members did not answer.  We can now conclude that all WTO members need to deliver. Global challenges ask for global solutions, so therefore I urge the WTO and the European Commission to deliver upon a declaration on trade and health next week with concrete language on intellectual property and with an agreement on taking away trade barriers for the export of vaccines.  We are confronted with the fourth COVID-19 wave as we speak, and yet only 6% of people in Africa are fully vaccinated, according to the WHO. This is about human rights and human lives. Are we really doing everything to not be caught off guard again?
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Reinhard Bütikofer
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Madam President, a couple of years from today when we look back at this moment, what will we say? Will we say this was the moment when, finally, our hope in trade multilateralism collapsed? Or will we be able to say this was the time when we pulled together and created a new progressive agenda for trade multilateralism? It’s obviously not only in our hands, but it also needs our contribution, and the one thing that we need is pragmatism and the one thing that we don’t need is dogmatism. When I listen to Mr Simon who wants to sacrifice solidarity on the altar of intellectual property, that’s not pragmatism, that’s dogmatic.  We need that pragmatism also when it comes to structural issues like reforming the appellate body, and we need that pragmatism also when we take advantage of plurilateral initiatives to enhance the multilateral overall framework. But we have the choice between pragmatism and dogmatism.
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Maximilian Krah
Political group: ID
Country: Greece
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Wir sind eine Handelsmacht als Europa, und deshalb ist es wichtig, dass wir Regeln und Institutionen haben, die diesen Handel regulieren. Insofern danke ich beiden Berichterstattern, denn das geht aus Ihrem Bericht hervor. Das ist der Weg, den wir brauchen, um Wohlstand und Frieden auf unserem Kontinent zu wahren.  Das große Thema, über das wir streiten müssen, ist die Frage, ob wir für die Impfstoffe unsere  Es mag gut klingen, aber das Gegenteil von gut ist auch hier gut gemeint. Wenn wir Wohlstand in der Zukunft erhalten wollen, geht es nur, wenn wir unsere geistigen Kapazitäten ausbauen und wenn wir geistiges Eigentum, Erfindergeist schützen und ihnen auch einen wirtschaftlichen Wert zuwidmen.  Kommunismus, alles kostenlos für jedermann, führt nicht zu Wohlstand und Handel, sondern zu Armut. Und aus diesem Grunde können wir nur dann zustimmen, wenn die TRIPS herausfallen.
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Michiel Hoogeveen
Political group: ECR
Country: Sweden
Language: NL

Voorzitter, de Europese Unie is een tweederangshandelsmogendheid aan het worden. Ons handelstekort met China neemt toe. Onze economische vrijheden staan onder druk en we prijzen onszelf de markt uit met onhaalbare klimaatdoelen.  In de dagen dat ons continent nog een industriële wereldmacht was, bepaalden wij de regels en het speelveld. Samen met onze Amerikaanse bondgenoten vertelden wij hoe landen in de wereld zaken moesten doen. Maar waar het Westen vrijhandel zag als een win-winsituatie, ziet China dit als een wapen om ons de loef af te steken. De handelsrelatie met China is asymmetrisch geworden en van een gelijk speelveld is geen sprake meer. We leggen het af tegen de Chinese droom die generaties overstijgt. Dat is terug te zien in de plannen van de Europese Commissie, die namens de EU naar de 12e Ministeriële Conferentie gaat. De Commissie beperkt onze vrijhandel met steeds strengere klimaatregels en klimaatbelastingen en wil de duurzameontwikkelingsdoelstellingen van de VN, een soort kosmopolitisch wensenlijstje, eraan koppelen. Deze belemmeringen hebben nauwelijks invloed op het klimaat, maar zorgen er wel voor dat de kosten voor onze bedrijven oplopen en die worden betaald door de mensen thuis.  Wij roepen de Commissie op om aan de vooravond van MC12 niet over te gaan tot een klimaatkerstboom van overregulering en bureaucratische belemmeringen, maar zich in te zetten voor de kerntaak: eerlijke vrijhandel.
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, is it any wonder that the World Trade Organization (WTO) has a deep crisis of legitimacy? It’s undemocratic, it’s non-transparent, and it perpetuates imbalanced policies that disempower the Global South. The usual nonsense that increased trade is a win—win has long been exposed for what it is: a lie. Instead, for the majority of people, increased trade has meant precarity, a race to the bottom in wages, public services, consumer standards and the environment.  So the calls for reform of the WTO are obviously widespread and long overdue. But, if it’s to mean anything, then there must be transformational change to the existing trade rules and the creation of a fundamentally different type of trade cooperation. Plurilateral negotiations, for which there is no mandate, no consensus, and entrenched power imbalances and corporate globalisation, must end.  The idea that the EU, which trumpets itself as an advocate of fairness and social justice, would position itself within the WTO to block the triggering of the trade-related intellectual property rights (TRIPS) waiver and prevent the production of generic vaccines, which can save lives, is a monument to our hypocrisy. It does, as colleagues have said, expose that the interests really being furthered and protected here are those of big business and big pharma. The WTO, with the support of the EU, shows that its so-called fundamental principles of fair competition, support for lesser developed countries and transparency are just words. Would we ever cop ourselves on?
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Jörgen Warborn
Political group: PPE
Country: Slovakia
Language: SV

Fru talman! Jag måste säga att jag inte håller med föregående talare ett enda ord, tror jag. Men det var inte det jag skulle säga, utan jag vill meddela att Världshandelsorganisationen är vår viktigaste arena för att uppnå en friare, regelbaserad och rättvis global handel. Samtidigt är organisationen nu försvagad av mörka moln som tornat upp sig på världsordningen. Inte minst måste vi lösa situationen att det i nuläget saknas ett tvistlösningsorgan för att lösa handelskonflikter. Samtidigt har covid-19-pandemin accelererat och satt fokus på uppmärksamheten om handelns betydelse för att hantera hälsoutmaningar och vikten av immateriella rättigheter.  Trots det kan vi höra i denna kammare hur man nu höjer röster för att temporärt häva patentskyddet. Det är en livsfarlig väg att gå, för patentskyddet är ett avgörande incitament för att få företag att investera i innovation och producera nya läkemedel. Att frånta läkemedelsbolagen deras patent skulle alltså försämra tillgången till vaccin. Vägen framåt handlar i stället om att ta bort exportrestriktioner och tullar på läkemedel och medicinska produkter. Det är så vi bekämpar denna pandemi och framtida pandemier.
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Inma Rodríguez-Piñero
Political group: S-D
Country: Netherlands
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, intervengo para pedir el voto mayoritario de este Parlamento a la Resolución, para que nuestra voz sea potente, se escuche con claridad y la Comisión, señor Dombrovskis, sienta nuestro apoyo.  Con esta Resolución, el Parlamento Europeo muestra su firme apoyo al multilateralismo y llama a la Comisión y a todos los miembros de la OMC a conseguir resultados concretos que refuercen el comercio internacional justo, sostenible, basado en reglas, capaz de responder a los desafíos del siglo XXI.  En la Resolución quedan perfectamente reflejadas nuestras prioridades: la lucha contra los subsidios insostenibles a la pesca; un paquete limitado sobre la agricultura; una respuesta a la pandemia, en la que los socialdemócratas apoyamos que se incluya la suspensión temporal a determinadas disposiciones del Acuerdo de patentes para mejorar el acceso mundial a las vacunas, abordando las limitaciones globales a la producción y la escasez de suministros. Una hoja de ruta con un compromiso efectivo para reformar la organización, incluido el injusto sistema de sanciones.  La ciudadanía necesita respuestas y sus representantes no podemos fallar. Mi colega Lange dijo: «No hay tiempo para morir». Yo añado: «No hay margen para fallar».
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Karin Karlsbro
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: SV

Fru talman! FN:s 26:e klimatkonferens i Glasgow har just avslutats och nu samlas världens länder inom WTO för att ta sig an de problem som Världshandelsorganisationen brottas med. Europa har en nyckelroll att spela där och EU måste visa att vi står upp för en fri, regelbaserad handel och att vi är en stabil handelspartner att räkna med i en digital värld.  En öppen handel är viktigare än någonsin. Pandemin har visat behovet av att hålla handelsvägarna öppna och inte stoppa eller försvåra handel med mediciner, vacciner och sjukvårdsmaterial. Handelspolitiken kan i mycket hög grad bidra till att nå de avgörande klimatmålen, och den får heller aldrig bli ett hinder för biologisk mångfald. Genom hållbara regler kan vi stoppa subventioner till fossila bränslen, främja frihandel för klimatsmarta varor och låta förorenaren betala även för importerade utsläpp. Toppmötet för handel måste ta vid där klimatmötet slutade. Vi behöver mer hållbar handel, inte grön protektionism.
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Saskia Bricmont
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, chers collègues, la majorité de nos flux commerciaux empêche aujourd’hui la réalisation des objectifs de développement durable. Le commerce international est notamment responsable de 30 % de nos émissions de CO2, de 30 % des gaz à effet de serre et de la perte de biodiversité au niveau mondial. J’entends souvent dire que le commerce ne doit pas servir d’autres agendas, mais il ne devrait pas non plus les desservir. Le commerce doit servir l’agenda d’une mondialisation équitable et respectueuse des objectifs de développement durable, unanimement reconnus comme capable d’assurer un avenir meilleur et plus durable pour tous. Deux sommets importants viennent d’avoir lieu, le sommet sur la biodiversité et le sommet sur le climat. Les ministres du commerce du G7 ont fait de ces questions une priorité dans le cadre de l’OMC. Le Forum économique mondial pointe ces enjeux comme des risques majeurs. Ce n’est pas une lubie d’écolo d’exiger de l’Union européenne qu’elle mette le pacte vert à l’ordre du jour des règles du commerce international. L’Union européenne doit à son tour se montrer à la hauteur des défis du XXIe siècle.
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Bert-Jan Ruissen
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: NL

Voorzitter, de Ministeriële Conferentie biedt een goede gelegenheid om de Wereldhandelsorganisatie nieuw elan te geven, onder andere wat de geschilleninstantie betreft, want een open multilateraal handelssysteem met eerlijke spelregels is in ieders belang, zeker ook in het belang van Europa.  Ik beperk me even tot de visserij en de discussie over de visserijsubsidies. Internationale afspraken over subsidies kunnen zeker bijdragen aan een mondiaal gelijk speelveld, zoals in de strijd tegen illegale visserij en overcapaciteit. Maar het kan niet zo zijn dat daarbij onze vissers kopje-onder gaan door de steun voor vlootvernieuwing ter discussie te stellen.  Ook de fiscale vrijstelling op brandstof mogen we niet op de tocht zetten. Dat zou onverantwoord zijn met de hoge brandstofprijzen nu. Op korte en middellange termijn hebben we fossiele brandstoffen, zeker in de visserij, nog heel hard nodig. De WTO is ons heel veel waard, maar de zorg voor een moderne, rendabele visserij is ons dat eveneens.
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Chris MacManus
Political group: The Left
Country: Austria
Language: EN

Madam President, as EU countries roll out COVID—19 booster vaccines, and new treatments are approved, millions still have no access to affordable vaccines and treatments. While over 61% of European populations have been vaccinated, less than 7% of people in low—income countries have received their first dose. Central to this stark inequality are intellectual property monopolies, which allow Big Pharma to control vaccine production, distribution and critically, price. One year after a TRIPS waiver was proposed, the EU remains a key impediment. I say, step up and support the finalisation of the TRIPS waiver at next year’s Ministerial Council. Meaningless ‘declarations’ leave millions without effective vaccines and treatments. The cost of inaction is measured in human lives. People all over Europe are calling for EU governments to put people’s health before corporate profits. This includes the quarter million supporters of the ‘No Profit on Pandemic’ Citizens’ Initiative, which I urged everyone to sign.
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Francisco José Millán Mon
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, vicepresidente Dombrovskis, me quiero referir a las negociaciones en la OMC sobre las subvenciones a la pesca.  El Acuerdo de Ginebra debe ser justo y proteger los intereses de la Unión y de su flota pesquera, muy regulada y que realiza una pesca sostenible. Desde el Grupo Popular le pedimos a la Comisión que se mantenga firme y defienda las exenciones fiscales al gasóleo pesquero establecidas en la Directiva 2003/96. El fin del gasóleo bonificado sería, además, especialmente perjudicial para la flota artesanal.  Quiero señalar que hay un sector de la flota muy importante de España, mi país, que faena en aguas del Atlántico Sur, cerca de las Islas Malvinas —las Falkland—. Estas aguas no están cubiertas por una organización regional de ordenación pesquera, dada la controversia existente entre Argentina y el Reino Unido.  Me preocupa mucho que esta circunstancia, ajena totalmente a la voluntad de la flota, vaya a perjudicar a esta flota que faena en estas aguas y, además, lo hace de forma regulada y cumple los estándares europeos.  Vicepresidente Dombrovskis, debemos proteger a la flota europea independientemente del lugar donde pesque. Le pido que no ceda en este punto. Es muy importante.
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Miapetra Kumpula-Natri
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, I am glad to see that the 12th Ministerial Conference of the WTO will finally take place after postponement due to the pandemic. We need to keep the world together and trade is a good motivation. The EU remains committed to the multilateralism and open trade with rules. Important talks will be held in Geneva next week and I have three points to raise.  First, the worlds need to be vaccinated and the trade and health initiative needs to fly. Second, the WTO established before the climate change and before the digitalisation needs to be reformed to address these important questions. It is imperative that WTO trade rules help to combat climate change and promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Third, the WTO needs to put emphasis on digitalisation. As the standing rapporteur for the Parliament on e-commerce, I hope that the plurilateral negotiations between 86 WTO member countries will advance, to facilitate the uptake of the technological innovations but to prevent forced technology transfers, to facilitate data transfers but in a way that guarantees sufficient data privacy protection. We have a good resolution from the committee. Good luck for the next week.
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Barry Andrews
Political group: Renew
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Madam President, a question that I’m often asked is how and whether we can balance and reconcile our ambitions around the environment and our trade priorities. How can we create jobs and prosperity and avoid environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity? In our resolution, we try to establish a very clear link between the multilateral trading system, on the one hand, and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. And in MC12 we have an opportunity to demonstrate to the public that link, that very clear link and in that way to restore credibility to the multilateral trading system. In particular, we draw attention to SDG 14, target 6, which calls for an end to harmful fishing subsidies, not by 2030, like all of the other Sustainable Development Goals, but by 2020, underlining the high stakes and the urgency. So I implore all of those who are charged with this difficult task to finish the job and I applaud the EU in its efforts. We have this one opportunity to end a very tough year with some proof that trade and environment can coexist.
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Margarida Marques
Political group: S-D
Country: Cyprus
Language: PT

Senhora Presidente, Comissário, Colegas, esta Conferência Ministerial não pode ser uma oportunidade perdida no reforço da OMC. A CM12 tem de ser o dia zero da modernização da OMC para que esta possa desempenhar um papel na resposta aos desafios globais do século XXI, incluindo as alterações climáticas, a sustentabilidade e a resposta a futuras pandemias, no respeito dos direitos de todos os cidadãos. Para isso, precisamos de resultados tangíveis que evidenciem que o multilateralismo é a solução, que confirmem que o retorno dos Estados Unidos ao palco multilateral e que o enorme empenho da nova Diretora-Geral não são desperdiçados. A política comercial tem sido essencial nesta pandemia, mas a aplicação de exceções e flexibilidades pode ser melhorada agora e tendo em vista futuras pandemias. Finalmente, Comissário, esperamos que a União Europeia participe ativamente nas negociações TRIPS sobre uma derrogação temporária do Acordo sobre Direitos de Propriedade Intelectual para abrimos caminho para a resolução do problema da vacinação mundial.
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Liesje Schreinemacher
Political group: Renew
Language: EN

Madam President, having heard my colleagues here this evening, I think I can safely say that although we do not agree on everything, we do agree on the need to reform the WTO. When the rules of the game do not fit the need of the players anymore, you do not start cheating or stop playing. No, you make new rules, and that is what we have to do as soon as possible.  Commissioner, you’ve heard so many wishes this evening, from an agreement on health, to fishing subsidies, to a better-functioning settlement system, so allow me to just add one more to our wish-list, and that is new rules for fair competition. Last week, the EU, US and Japan renewed their commitment to work on industrial subsidies. However, I believe we need to cooperate with all WTO members on this, and this 12th Ministerial Conference could be a good starting point to address this. It is time to have the rules fit the need of the players again, and I urge ministers from across the world to work towards a consensus in order to build our trading system again so that it will ensure fair rules and becomes up to date with the pressing challenges we face today.
Debate: Multilateral negotiations in view of the th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva,  November to December
Date: TUESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2021
Speaker: Valdis Dombrovskis
Language: EN

I fully share your observation that our policies and instruments must contribute to improving sustainability standards worldwide, including in more sustainable agricultural practices. As regards MC12, breakthroughs are still possible at MC12 with political will and common sense of urgency. So let me assure you that the EU will not be found wanting in this respect.  A balanced package of negotiated outcomes is achievable but many parties need to increase realism and willingness to compromise. We must strive to set the WTO on the reform path that will allow it to tackle the challenges of the 21st century. And from the EU side, we will continue to engage constructively.