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U.S. Commerce Department General Counsel Cameron F. Kerry Delivers Final Policy Address at the German Marshall Fund of the United States

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General Counsel Cameron F. Kerry at the German Marshall Fund of the United States

On August 28, 2013, General Counsel Cameron F. Kerry delivered a policy address at the German Marshall Fund on the international impact of privacy and security issues.  Please click the link for the remarks, entitled "The Impact of Privacy and National Security on International Commerce in the Digital Age."  The speech reflected on the work of the Commerce Department to sustain and promote the digital economy.  General Counsel Kerry described work on privacy legislation and international engagement and expressed concern that any step back from the US-EU Safe Harbor Framework would "set the trading relationship between the U.S. and EU backward...."