2025-02-262024/25:NU13 · p.1NUBusiness & energy
Overall matters on international trade
The overall direction of Sweden's and the EU's trade policy
What's at stake: Concerns how much weight the environment, climate and human rights should be given in trade policy, and could affect working conditions and environmental impact at companies in international supply chains, as well as Sweden's role in trade negotiations.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether parliament should urge the government to push for stricter EU rules and sanction options for corporate responsibility across the whole supply chain and make fair, sustainable trade an explicit priority, or whether existing and recently introduced EU rules on sustainability reporting and due diligence are considered sufficient without further statements.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee rejects the motions. The committee points to new rules on corporate sustainability reporting that have recently taken effect, and to the EU directive on corporate due diligence regarding human rights and the environment, which took effect in spring 2024, with a review under way on how to implement it in Sweden. The committee therefore sees no need for statements calling for further EU regulation or sanction options, and notes that the Swedish national contact point for sustainable business already functions through tripartite cooperation between the state, business and unions.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 2 (V, MP)
The reservation (V, MP) wants parliament to declare to the government that all trade relations should take the environment, climate and human rights into account, that trade policy should contribute to the global goals in Agenda 2030, and that Sweden should be a pioneer for free, fair and sustainable trade. It wants international trade agreements to promote sustainable development and not prevent countries from enacting new laws to protect the climate, the environment and animals, and wants EU trade policy to be used to a greater extent as a tool for poverty reduction, human rights, democratization and the climate transition.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 2 by V, MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | – | No 0/19/0/5 | |||
| S | – | Yes 63/0/30/13 | |||
| MP | – | No 0/15/0/3 | |||
| C | – | Yes 21/0/0/3 | |||
| L | – | Yes 12/0/0/4 | |||
| KD | – | Yes 16/0/0/3 | |||
| M | – | Yes 60/0/0/8 | |||
| SD | – | Abstain 0/0/63/9 |
Broke with the party line
| SAmalia Rud Stenlöf (S, Göteborgs kommun) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SArber Gashi (S, Hallands län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SAzadeh Rojhan (S, Stockholms län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SDenis Begic (S, Örebro län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SDzenan Cisija (S, Göteborgs kommun) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SErik Ezelius (S, Västra Götalands läns östra) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SEva Lindh (S, Östergötlands län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SGunilla Carlsson (S, Göteborgs kommun) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SGunilla Svantorp (S, Värmlands län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SInga-Lill Sjöblom (S, Uppsala län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SJennie Nilsson (S, Hallands län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SJohan Andersson (S, Östergötlands län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SJohan Büser (S, Göteborgs kommun) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SKadir Kasirga (S, Stockholms kommun) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SLars Mejern Larsson (S, Värmlands län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SLouise Thunström (S, Västra Götalands läns norra) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SMarcus Andersson (S, Västra Götalands läns östra) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SMarianne Fundahn (S, Skåne läns södra) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SMarie Olsson (S, Dalarnas län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SMats Wiking (S, Västra Götalands läns norra) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SMattias Jonsson (S, Göteborgs kommun) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SMikael Dahlqvist (S, Värmlands län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SMonica Haider (S, Kronobergs län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SPatrik Lundqvist (S, Gävleborgs län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SPer-Arne Håkansson (S, Skåne läns norra och östra) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SPeter Hultqvist (S, Dalarnas län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SPetter Löberg (S, Västra Götalands läns södra) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SSofia Amloh (S, Södermanlands län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| STeresa Carvalho (S, Östergötlands län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| STomas Eneroth (S, Kronobergs län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
MPs whose vote differs from their party's majority position in this division. Marked with a dark ring in the chamber view.
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions 2024/25:1466 by Tobias Andersson et al. (SD) amendment 2 in this part, 2024/25:2613 by Elin Söderberg et al. (MP) amendments 66-68 and 2024/25:2625 by Janine Alm Ericson et al. (MP) amendment 28.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2024/25:1466 av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD) yrkande 2 i denna del, 2024/25:2613 av Elin Söderberg m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 66-68 och 2024/25:2625 av Janine Alm Ericson m.fl. (MP) yrkande 28.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag rejected approximately 80 proposals regarding trade policy in motions from the general motion session in 2024. The proposals concern, among other things, reform of the World Trade Organization, WTO, trade relations with certain countries and regions, and the free movement of certain goods and services. The Riksdag refers, among other things, to the conducted policy and that work is already underway on many of the issues covered by the proposals.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants Sweden's trade policy to prioritize environment, climate, human rights, and global sustainability goals in Agenda 2030. (V, MP) — Reservation 2
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2024/25:NU13)
- Committee report full text (HC01NU13)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2024/25:115 — Utökade krav på transparens och ansvar för fordonstillverkare samt en teknikneutral definition av miljöbil av Rashid Farivar (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1369 — Svenskt fiske och vattenbruk av Martin Kinnunen m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1418 — Åtgärder för att stärka kulturella och kreativa näringar av Alexander Christiansson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1430 — Vissa frågor i Mellanöstern och Afrika av Markus Wiechel m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1431 — Vissa Asienfrågor av Markus Wiechel m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1438 — Internationella relationer och mänskliga rättigheter av Markus Wiechel m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1463 — Export av snus av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1466 — En handelspolitik för tillväxt av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:2467 — En näringspolitik för tillväxt i hela landet av Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2024/25:2486 — Vatten, hav och fiske av Stina Larsson m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2024/25:2519 — Cirkulär ekonomi och kemikalier av Stina Larsson m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2024/25:2533 — Stärka förbindelserna mellan EU och Republiken Kina (Taiwan) av Boriana Åberg (M)
- Motion 2024/25:2613 — En grön klimathandlingsplan för Sverige 2025 av Elin Söderberg m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2024/25:2625 — En grön feministisk utvecklings- och biståndspolitik av Janine Alm Ericson m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2024/25:2635 — Näringspolitik för grön omställning och stärkt konkurrenskraft av Elin Söderberg m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2024/25:2805 — En strategi för ökad produktion och export av svensk mat av Sten Bergheden (M)
- Motion 2024/25:2948 — Arbetsmarknad av Jonny Cato m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2024/25:2988 — Utökade handelsförbindelser och utbyte med Taiwan av Markus Wiechel m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:3107 — Internationell samverkan av Morgan Johansson m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2024/25:3108 — Utgiftsområde 23 Areella näringar, landsbygd och livsmedel av Anna-Caren Sätherberg m.fl. (S)
Source: The Swedish Parliament