Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-07-07-Speech-4-044"

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lpv:translated text	". Mr President, since the abolition of the import quotas in January 2005, the global textiles sector has undergone drastic change. Alongside spectacular growth in the Chinese textiles exports, there is a deep crisis in the textiles sector within the European Union and in the developing countries including Bangladesh, Cambodia and Laos. I share the rapporteur’s concerns about the considerable growth in the quantity of Chinese textiles on the European market, and call on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of the bilateral agreement between the European Union and China between 2005 and 2008. Let me underline the fact that this agreement is just the first step in making the global textiles market fair and enabling it to function properly. The Commission must continue the dialogue with Beijing to make it clear that a liberalised world market is dependent on a level playing field if it is to function. Under no circumstances is it compatible with the principles of the free market that illegal state support systematic export subsidies should be paid, that intellectual property rights should be violated and that a country’s own market should be insufficiently open. These things cannot be explained by ignorance, given the precision with which Beijing reminds the European Union of its WTO obligations. The rapporteur is right to ask that attention be paid to China’s compliance with labour guidelines. In many factories, the workers, including many children, are required to work under appalling conditions. The Commission must actively pursue a policy aimed at improving working conditions in China. That is not only vital for the Chinese workers, but also for textile workers in neighbouring countries. As a result of the Chinese expansion, textile companies in those countries are forced to reduce production costs still further in order to remain competitive internationally. I do think, though, that it is disappointing that the rapporteur should take so narrow a view of the future of the European textile sector as lying in a Euro-Mediterranean zone. Within the complex global textiles market, the European Union should not primarily focus on cooperation with one region. Moreover, concluding a trade agreement with a country such as Syria is, given the current human rights situation, unthinkable. The Commission must clearly map the opportunities and threats within the global textiles sector without import quotas and formulate clear policy for the European textiles sector after 2008. Only a commercial and innovative European textiles sector can retain a competitive position on the global market."@en1

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