Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-09-06-Speech-2-160"
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"The Saïfi report is designed to combat the increased imports of textiles from China to Europe. These have increased sharply since the quotas were abolished on 1 January 2005 when the WTO Agreement on Textiles expired. EU leaders should have been able to predict the situation that has arisen and, in time, to adapt to it, but protectionist blinkers have for a long time obscured the EU’s vision where trade policy is concerned.
Increased protectionism cannot in the long term protect European industry and jobs from ever tougher international competition. The best way of facing up to this competition is by investing in education, research and innovation and by making it easier for companies to act in the global market. Given the incompetent way in which textile quotas have been dealt with so far, there may however be good reason for drawing up a clear plan for the transition to free trade in textile and clothing products, so easing the strain on those employed in southern Europe’s textile and clothing industry.
Generally speaking, the June List supports the increased liberalisation of world trade and cannot therefore vote in favour of the report as a whole. Nor are we able to support the proposal for an ‘ethical tax’ on international companies because we are opposed to the EU being given the right of taxation."@en1
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