Happy Schrems-iversary! It’s been a year since Europe’s highest court stuck down EU-US data transfers.
Where are we on getting a deal done? Not close at all. Here’s why politi.co/3idBCt2 w/ @vmanancourt
Where are we on getting a deal done? Not close at all. Here’s why politi.co/3idBCt2 w/ @vmanancourt
@vmanancourt Reminder: the underlying issues haven’t really changed since 2015 — when the previous “Safe Harbor” agreement was similarly struck down nyti.ms/3eoZx7G 
@vmanancourt And even from the beginning, the so-called “Privacy Shield” agreement was on shaky ground — despite what US officials said (this is @PennyPritzker in 2016) nyti.ms/3kr1Yua nyti.ms/2Ui74Oz
Ever since Joe Biden became president, there’s been a push to get a new deal done — a clear example of rebuilding transatlantic ties politi.co/3u0625Z
The US president even tried to wade in to reach a political agreement after negotiations stalled. The result? That push failed, albeit both sides have redoubled their efforts to reach some sort of agreement by the end of the year politi.co/3eqMK4r
So where does that leave us? Pretty much stuck.
The underlying issues of US national security access to EU data have not been resolved. Also complicating things: US officials raising the ghost of China to scare everyone into doing something politi.co/3khSMZ7
The underlying issues of US national security access to EU data have not been resolved. Also complicating things: US officials raising the ghost of China to scare everyone into doing something politi.co/3khSMZ7
End note: looking through my past clips, I’m realizing that I’ve been doing this stuff for a long, long time.
I’m onto my third Commerce Secretary, although @VeraJourova is still hanging around!
I’m onto my third Commerce Secretary, although @VeraJourova is still hanging around!
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