Data-security dispute resolution in draft trade deal would uphold regulatory compliance

The draft text of a trade deal being negotiated by the United States and European Union includes language that would allow telecommunications companies to protest cybersecurity and other regulatory decisions viewed as harmful, but would require compliance while that dispute is being reviewed.

“No Party may permit an application for judicial review to constitute grounds for non-compliance with the determination or decision of the telecommunications regulatory body unless the relevant judicial body stays the determination or decision,” according to the...