Activities of Emmanouil FRAGKOS related to 2021/2037(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a new EU-China strategy
Amendments (4)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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1. Notes that in 2020 China for the first time ranked as the EU’s largest partner for trade in goods, with the trade balance further deteriorating to the EU’s detriment; underlines that China is the world’s second largest economy and is predicted to record a GDP growth of 8 % in 2021 according to IMF;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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1. Notes that in 2020 China for the first time ranked as the EU’s largest partner for trade in goods, with the trade balance further deteriorating to the EU’s detriment; notes that critical raw materials are located exclusively in China;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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1. NReminds that China is a key player in global economy, notes that in 2020 China for the first time ranked as the EU’s largest partner for trade in goods, with the trade balance further deteriorating to the EU’s detriment;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
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2. Is convinced that the EU-China bilateral trade and investment relationship is of strategic importance and should be rules-based, with the multilateral trading system at its corebased on the WTO rules;