Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-02-10-Speech-3-680"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-02-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU - South Korea free trade agreement (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100210.34.3-680"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-02-10-Speech-3-6812
lpv:speaker	lp:Ramon Tremosa i Balcells2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the proposal of a free trade agreement between the European Union and South Korea has been considered unfair and unbalanced by the Catalan and the European car industry. This industry and also the European textile sector have expressed concerns on specific issues such as the duty drawback system and the safeguard clause. Also, the European Trade Unions Federation has criticised this free trade agreement. South Korea has not ratified any of the fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organisation. South Korea persists in repressing trade union rights. Moreover, we are aware that, for this free trade agreement with South Korea, there was a clear division among the European Commission college and also among the European Commission services, in particular, between DG Taxation and Customs Union and DG Trade, on the duty drawback system. As far as the DG Taxation and Customs Union is concerned, the duty drawback system creates economic distortion as it is actually an export subsidy. This should create a clear competitive advantage against European industry in favour of Korean industry in the European Union. The same Korean trade investment promotion agency has calculated this advantage as at least EUR 1 300 per car. Therefore, does the new Commission consider this free trade agreement a fair trade agreement? Will the new Commission provide Parliament with a full, up-to-date impact assessment and analyses about this duty drawback system?"@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Ramon Tremosa i Balcells (ALDE )."1
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