Cybersecurity could make an appearance in NAFTA talks

Editor’s Note: Cybersecurity harmonization has long been recognized as an essential component of international trade negotiations, see here.

From: Washington Examiner

by Charlie Mitchell

The technology sector is trying to nudge cybersecurity and other tech issues a little higher up on the priority list for next week’s launch of the North American Free Trade Agreement modernization talks in Washington.

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President Trump’s Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has already included in its “negotiating objectives” cutting-edge tech issues with cyber implications. These include ensuring uninhibited “cross-border data flows,” and prohibiting rules that would require companies to store data in specific countries or force them to turn over proprietary software source code

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