Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-09-29-Speech-4-048"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-09-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Prospects for EU-China trade relations2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050929.5.4-048"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-09-29-Speech-4-0492
lpv:speaker	lp:Cristiana Muscardini2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2008-05-07)3,3 co-chair; UEN (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 unknown; Alleanza nazionale (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Conference of Presidents (2004-07-20--2006-12-12)3,3 substitute; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in my contribution to the report by Mrs Lucas – whom I should like to thank for the excellent work that she has carried out – I wanted to emphasise a fundamental aspect of the relationship between these two large trade areas: the need to obey the rules which in the field of trade are indeed the principles of the World Trade Organisation and the agreements that derive from it, but which in the political and social context relate to respect for basic human rights. Hence the need for monitoring through ongoing negotiations between the Commission and the Chinese authorities, in order to guarantee the principles of freedom and democracy: respect for these must be a prerequisite in the development of China’s trade relations with other economic areas. In addition the latest news from China concerning the oppressive controls imposed on use of the Internet must be studied carefully. The decision by the government in Beijing, which has announced new laws for controlling information on the Internet so as to prohibit any conceivable criticism of its policies towards religion and in general of its widespread intolerance towards religious preaching, must inevitably increase our concern. In China the degree of freedom and democracy is in inverse proportion to the economic and commercial power that it imposes upon world markets. We therefore call on the Commission, in the framework of the ongoing negotiations with the Chinese authorities that it proposes to institute to ensure equitable, shared management of trade relations with the Chinese continent, to think over and take due account of all the aspects that are linked to respect for the rights and freedoms of individuals and, by extension, the workforce. We call for standards to ensure that goods originating in China conform to the security guarantees applied in Europe and that there are sanctions to prevent any trade with or within the Union for several years by those who illegally import goods or import illegal goods into Europe. This is the right moment to say that damage to fair competition is sometimes inflicted by unscrupulous European entrepreneurs who, thinking solely of their own short-term profit, infringe a rule by promoting the unlawful importation and distribution in Europe of counterfeit or dangerous goods. They should be treated with the utmost severity. Furthermore we invite the Commission and the Council to call upon Member States to institute stricter checks on their territories concerning the presence of numerous illegal immigrants who are forced to work in unlawful premises to produce low-cost goods."@en1

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