The Trump administration has begun inserting legal protections into trade agreements to shield online platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube from lawsuits. That move could help lock in America’s tech-friendly regulations around the world even as they are being questioned at home. The legal protections are included in the administration’s two biggest trade deals. One is the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement; the other is a pact with Japan. American negotiators have proposed including the language in other prospective deals as well.
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New Trade Deal Provisions Give US Tech Firms Legal Shields
Posted by: Jack M. Germain October 9, 2019 11:33 AMThe Trump administration has begun inserting legal protections into trade agreements to shield online platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube from lawsuits. That move could help lock in America’s tech-friendly regulations around the world even as they are being questioned at home. The legal protections are included in the administration’s two biggest trade deals. One is the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement; the other is a pact with Japan. American negotiators have proposed including the language in other prospective deals as well.