Translation of "commerce libre et équitable " (French → English) :

(11) The Union is committed in relations with its partners worldwide to promoting sustainable development, free and fair trade and decent work for all along with ratification and effective implementation of the internationally recognised labour standards and multilateral environmental agreements. This Regulation should be used as a tool for supporting international competitiveness and contributing to a reduction in the risk of protectionism, while promoting European values and commercial interests, and as an instrument for free and fair trade that can bring into general practice the effective inclusion and implementation of social and en ...[+++]vironmental standards with partner countries, including promotion of new forms of employment policies and the creation of jobs meeting International Labour Organization (ILO) decent work standards and growth opportunities for European industries and small and medium-sized enterprises.

39. Notes that, with regard to external policy, Parliament supports the Commission in its goal to promote – inter alia – sustainable development, free and fair trade, international labour standards and decent work, for example by negotiating EPAs, which combine European and ACP interests; points out that trade policy must promote development, permit better regional cooperation, encourage investment and improve economic governance, reminding all stakeholders that other regions of the globe have shown how trade can contribute to welfare; asks the Commission for an integrated approach on trade, foreign, development, social, agricultural a ...[+++]nd environmental policies; reiterates its earlier call on the Commission to ensure coordinated policies in support of Fair Trade;

37. Notes that, with regard to external policy, Parliament supports the Commission in its goal to promote – inter alia – sustainable development, free and fair trade, international labour standards and decent work, for example by negotiating EPAs, which combine European and ACP interests; points out that trade policy must promote development, permit better regional cooperation, encourage investment and improve economic governance, reminding all stakeholders that other regions of the globe have shown how trade can contribute to welfare; asks the Commission for an integrated approach on trade, foreign, development, social, agricultural a ...[+++]nd environmental policies; reiterates its earlier call on the Commission to ensure coordinated policies in support of Fair Trade;

It shall contribute to peace, security, the sustainable development of the Earth, solidarity and mutual respect among peoples, free and fair trade, eradication of poverty and the protection of human rights, in particular the rights of the child, as well as to the strict observance and the development of international law, including respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter.

To Mr Caspary, who so breezily talks about ‘free and fair trade’, I say that free trade and fair trade may well be mutually contradictory and exclusive.

To Mr Caspary, who so breezily talks about ‘free and fair trade’, I say that free trade and fair trade may well be mutually contradictory and exclusive.