Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

Added102. Regrets, however, the fact that the WTO, in its current form, fails to address asymmetries among its members in terms of market openness and commitment to fair competition, and has a dysfunctional dispute settlement system; stresses that meaningful WTO reform, including the restoration of a fully functioning dispute settlement system, is essential to address systemic risks, curb unfair practices and prevent the escalation of trade disputes; acknowledges that, pending such reform, the EU must strengthen its own capacity to act autonomously and respond effectively to economic security risks, rising tariffs and a lack of reciprocity in market openness; believes that the EU should take the lead in establishing a coalition of like-minded middle powers with a clear framework for collective response and mutual assistance in cases of economic coercion;

Added103. Notes with interest the position set out by the Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maroš Šefčovič, on the need to reassess the ‘most favoured nation’ principle in light of the fact that certain WTO members have dramatically expanded their share of global trade while keeping their own markets relatively closed; calls for an assessment of how the ‘most favoured nation’ principle might better reflect the realities of the current trading environment;

Added104. Encourages closer and more structured cooperation with trusted partners and like-minded economies to build networked resilience against disruptions to trade and supply, including through trusted supplier networks for critical technologies and infrastructure, which should go beyond technical compliance by incorporating non-technical governance-based criteria that address systemic risks posed by suppliers under foreign state influence, and through coordinated preparedness, mutual support arrangements, and complementary approaches to stockpiling, responding to crises and protecting critical supply chains; calls on the Commission to ensure that the experiences of partners that have been subject to economic security risks are systematically reflected in the EU’s economic security assessments, preparedness planning and external coordination;

Added105. Welcomes the economic security initiatives developed within the G7; calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU plays a proactive and visible role in implementing and following up on these initiatives, while ensuring coherence between G7 commitments and the EU’s own economic security toolbox;

Added106. Insists on the crucial role of Parliament, and in particular its Committee on International Trade, in the democratic scrutiny of economic security-related measures with trade and investment implications, including at all stages of their design, implementation and review in order to ensure transparency, accountability and informed parliamentary oversight; asks the Commission to give the Committee on International Trade access to all the relevant documents relating to the implementation of the Economic Security Strategy, in line with interinstitutional best practice on access to documents; calls for the Committee on International Trade to be included in the economic security network proposed in the joint communication of 3 December 2025; highlights the need to maintain regular structured dialogue with Parliament on economic security priorities, risks and mitigation strategies;

Added107. Calls on the Commission to propose an institutional and governance framework that allows a comprehensive economic security strategy to be developed and implemented with Parliament and the Council and all other relevant public and private stakeholders;

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108. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States.