Brussels, 04/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - Reacting to various articles published in the press, a spokesperson to the European Commission said on Monday 4 November that none of the countries of the EU had asked for data protection to be included in trade negotiations with the United States.
“The European Commission has had no official information indicating that Germany wishes to include data protection and the rules on protecting companies from industrial espionage in negotiations underway...