# Trade related aspects and implications of COVID-19

European Parliament procedure 2020/2117(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee AGRI / DEVE / INTA). Stage: Procedure completed. 475 committee amendments tabled by 99 Members between 2021-03-16 and 2021-04-20.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report covers trade-related aspects and implications of COVID-19. The amendments stress the vulnerability of global supply and value chains and asymmetric effects on least developed and developing countries, and call on the Commission for a sustainable multilateral trade response, deeper EU-Africa trade relations through economic partnership agreements, 'green corridor mechanisms' for essential goods, diversification including reshoring, and enforcement of Trade and Sustainable Development chapters.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU | Greece | PPE | 67 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197695.md |
| Iuliu WINKLER | Romania | PPE | 53 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/39725.md |
| Massimiliano SALINI | Italy | PPE | 49 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125670.md |
| Gabriel MATO | Spain | PPE | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96936.md |
| Danuta Maria HÜBNER | Poland | PPE | 39 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96779.md |
| Saskia BRICMONT | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 38 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197470.md |
| Andrey KOVATCHEV | Bulgaria | PPE | 36 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97968.md |
| Emmanouil FRAGKOS | Greece | ECR | 35 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/198490.md |
| Emmanuel MAUREL | France | GUE/NGL | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/24505.md |
| Christophe HANSEN | Luxembourg | PPE | 31 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/193419.md |
| Kathleen VAN BREMPT | Belgium | S&D | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/5729.md |
| Seán KELLY | Ireland | PPE | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96668.md |
| Jörgen WARBORN | Sweden | PPE | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197405.md |
| Helmut SCHOLZ | Germany | GUE/NGL | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96646.md |
| Jérémy DECERLE | France | RE | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197504.md |

## Official source documents

- PE689.808: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/DEVE-AM-689808_EN.pdf
- PE691.305: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-691305_EN.pdf
- PE691.343: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/INTA-AM-691343_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2020-2117-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2020-2117-INI.json

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