An EU Commission draft template text on the cross-border movement of data currently under circulation is an embattled minefield, with the bulk of the digital community ready to hit back at it. The draft language is currently being prepared by DG trade with the intention to include it in …
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EU seeks blanket exception to free data flows for data privacy in trade pacts
The EU is working on the text it intends to table on the issue of cross-border data flows in coming free trade agreements, though few observers believe the text will be ready very soon. The fate of trade pacts, such as the EU-Japan free trade agreement, which negotiators wish to …
EU Japan FTA: Japanese and European digital industries call for progress on data flows
The Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association and the business association Digital Europe are pressing the EU Commission to accept inking a deal on data flows in the e-commerce chapter of the EU Japan free trade agreement currently under negotiation. The three year-old FTA talks are being revived as …
Malmström determined to table data flow text in TiSA
During a hearing at the European Parliament on Thursday (17 November 2016), trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström outlined her strategy to include digital issues in the EU’s trade policy, stressing work in the World Trade Organization and the need to tackle data flows in trade agreements. The Commission is determined to …
TiSA conclusion in balance as France blocs data flow language
“France is blocking everything”, a source close to the Trade in Services Agreement talks told Borderlex. “I fear it is dead”. The early December deadline the 23 TiSA parties set themselves for a political conclusion of the deal appears unattainable. Several issues are coming into play: the political climate in the US …
EU should engage on data flows in TTIP to avoid WTO challenge, argues new legal study
TTIP: Oettinger in conciliatory mode on digital
The Commission’s Commissioner in charge of the digital economy Günther Oettinger, and famed for erring on the defensive side when it comes to handling US digital firms and shield German telecommunications champions from their market dominance, has come back from a trip to the United States with a few conciliatory …
In brief: Commission not expected to move on data flows in TiSA before end October
Sources close to the matter told Borderlex the Cabinet of Commission president Juncker is withholding tabling a text on data localisation to member states in view of advancing talks on the matter in trade agreements, and in particular the Trade in Services Agreement, in fear this could jeopardise the imminent adoption of …
EU gearing up digital in trade deals – despite domestic privacy wranglings
Commissioner Malmström is gearing up in her drive to “digitalise” the EU’s trade policy despite many uncertainties hanging over the data privacy dimension of unleashing digital in global markets. Elements of what ambitions the EU pursing on digital matters in its trade negotiations are gradually emerging. At this week’s Public Forum held at the …
Exclusive: EU delay in tabling data flow language in TiSA
The EU is running late in tabling its text on data flows in TiSA due to internal Commission wranglings over data privacy.
