Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-10-20-Speech-3-756"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-10-20"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101020.29.3-756"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-10-20-Speech-3-7572
lpv:speaker	lp:Christofer Fjellner2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; INTA (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2012-02-02)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee (2010-06-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Moderata Samlingspartiet (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; CONT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mandatory origin marking, or the use of the words ‘Made in’, means that goods imported into Europe from outside the EU are to be labelled with the country they come from. In my opinion, this is a proposal that belongs in the last century, when something that was manufactured in Sweden, for example, also consisted of parts originating only from Sweden. However, in this proposal, it is as if world trade, globalisation and global supply chains have been disregarded. One of my favourite examples is this shirt that I am wearing. It is made of cotton from Egypt, which was woven into cloth in Italy. It was designed in Hong Kong and finally sewn together in China. I think that a much better description than ‘Made in China’, which it would probably receive under this regulation, would be ‘Made in the world’, to quote Pascal Lamy, former Commissioner and current Director-General of the WTO. That is what the world looks like today. This is not a proposal that provides better information. I believe that, on the contrary, this is a proposal that creates new barriers to trade and makes trade more difficult, and it is perhaps even protectionist. That is precisely why this type of regulation is prohibited within the EU. On the internal market, it is not permitted, for example, in Sweden to demand that articles imported from Germany be labelled with where they come from. It is true that many of our trading partners, the United States for example, have this type of regulation. The United States introduced such a provision in 1930, but this is not, of course, something we should imitate. We all know that the 1930s were one of the darkest decades in the history of world trade. Instead of introducing trade regulations from the previous century, creating new trade barriers and obstructing world trade, I think that we should do the opposite. In order to get ourselves out of recession, we should facilitate trade. My message to the Commission is therefore: rework the proposal and do it right! I will vote against this proposal tomorrow and I am certain that several of my fellow Members will follow my example."@en1
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