Rep. Schakowsky: Don’t let ‘Big Tech’ use trade rules to stymie regulation

The Biden administration was right to pull its support of certain digital trade provisions that could hinder efforts to regulate “Big Tech” companies, including key data privacy legislation being considered in Congress, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) said on Wednesday. Schakowsky, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce innovation, data and commerce subcommittee, said during a press briefing organized by Rethink Trade that the American Data Privacy and Protection Act was approved by the full Energy and Commerce Committee with...