EU lawmakers voted on Thursday to change the rules on protecting
trade secrets in a move that critics believe could have a chilling
effect on media freedom.
The vote follows three years of negotiations with the European
Commission and EU governments. The EU executive first proposed the
common rules in 2013.
It will introduce an EU-wide definition of what amounts to a trade
secret; the aim is to protect European companies from spying by global
rivals.
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Source: Euronews
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