Traduction de «Entente sur la modération en matière d'exportation » (Français → Anglais) :

24. Notes that the increase in the volume of Chinese textile exports to the EU has been accompanied by a sharp fall in the value of those products, by as much as 60% of their purchase value, without European consumers having significantly benefited; calls on the Commission to investigate whether there have been any agreements between importers and/or major distributors and to ensure transparency in the price formation process;

21. Notes that the increase in the volume of Chinese textile exports to the European Union has been accompanied by a sharp decrease in the value of those products of as much as 60% of their purchase value, without European consumers having benefited notably from this; calls on the Commission to investigate whether there have been any agreements between importers and/or large distributors and to ensure transparency in the price formation process;

2. As the honourable Member is aware, the EU Code of Conduct on arms exports was adopted on 8 June 1998 with a view to setting high common standards to be regarded as the minimum for the management of, and restraint in, conventional arms transfers by all Member States, and strengthening the exchange of relevant information between them with a view to achieving greater transparency.

2. As the honourable Member is aware, the EU Code of Conduct on arms exports was adopted on 8 June 1998 with a view to setting high common standards to be regarded as the minimum for the management of, and restraint in, conventional arms transfers by all Member States, and strengthening the exchange of relevant information between them with a view to achieving greater transparency.

Ms. McDonough (Halifax), seconded by Mr. Blaikie (Winnipeg Transcona), moved, That, in the opinion of this House, this government has sabotaged Canadian democracy by pursuing a trade policy that gives excessive power to unelected and unaccountable international trade organizations and erodes the ability of Canada's elected representatives to act in the public interest; and That therefore the government should not negotiate any further liberalization of trade or investment at the Seattle meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) or the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) without first securing enforceable international rules on core labour standards, environmental protection, cultural diversity, the preservation of public health care ...[+++] and public education and, generally, the right of democratically-elected governments to act for the common good; and That the government should seek to eliminate the investor- state dispute mechanism in Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which gives foreign corporations the right to sue and intimidate Canadian governments as in the cases involving MMT and bulk water exports, and should refuse to include such a mechanism in any other trade agreement; and further That the government should take action to remedy its over- zealous and irresponsible pursuit of greater trade liberalisation, which has caused extreme hardship for Canadian farmers, whose domestic support payments have been slashed by 60%, three times what was actually required by Canada's international trading obligations.

Because of the pressure being placed on government by corporate empires nationally and internationally for more global free trade, open-border agreements, the free movement of business relocation, untaxed international monetary transfers, and trade agreements that allow these foreign corporations to sue the Canadian government for passing laws that restrict the corporations from using materials that are dangerous to the environment as well as for being restrictive in exporting Canadian water, Canadians are asking if Canada's health ca ...[+++]re is at risk.