Japan urges EU to develop data flow provisions despite political agreement on FTA

Despite this week's announcement of a political agreement on a trade deal between Tokyo and Brussels, Japan used the European Union's biennial trade policy review at the World Trade Organization to urge its future FTA partner to develop its position on cross-border data flows. The U.S. has urged the EU to develop its position in the context of the Trade in Services Agreement negotiations, going as far as to offer language it hoped would reconcile the EU's concerns over personal...